Don't forget 23rd April's txt alert - 3pm
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This. 5G is sent from mobile phone masts. It will depend which mast you're closest to at the time. No point giving a warning about severe winds on the East Coast if you're on holiday in Wales at the time.WelshBlue said:I wouldn't have thought it would go by IP address as it won't be a computer/ browser receiving it
Mobile providers will have given details of users ? Mast specific ?0 -
They mean in living memoryPurrrrrrr said:
Run to my neighbour's house and grab a ciggie and glass of booze and chat to the end. Not had a ciggie or booze in 12/13 -odd years now.Cartini said:MarieBarl said:
We lived within 50 feet of a war time siren that was tested every week when I was a child. During the war there was time to remove to shelters but there are no shelters to go to around here.Cartini said:woodbine said:I see the point, especially now all the sirens have been taken down, far easier way/cheaper way of doing it, when the Dam in Whalley Bridge almost collapsed not that long ago our nephew lived very close to it.
Sadly we live in a world where far too many people see bad in everything, mores the pity.We still have a war time siren here in Plymouth dockyard and it goes off every day without fail. It`s to be used should there be a nuclear accident in the dockyard but is tested every day at 11:30 on the dot.Some people say it`s to remind "jan dockies" that it`s lunchtime
I can fully understand a warning for potential dam failures, that must have been very frightening, but at least it seems like some action could have been taken.
I think I would just rather be relatively happy for what might be my last 10 minutes of a nuclear warning.
I'm sure there are others who think differently.What would you do in those ten minutes?I`d rather not know, to be honest.
I can almost understand regional warnings for those who live in areas of flooding.
Won't be long before it's abused like whether warnings now though.
Keep everyone in fear that the planet is dying and we have never ever had weather like this.
Except we have, many times and far back in history the same patterns of weather.0 -
OverlyAnxious said:
This. 5G is sent from mobile phone masts. It will depend which mast you're closest to at the time. No point giving a warning about severe winds on the East Coast if you're on holiday in Wales at the time.WelshBlue said:I wouldn't have thought it would go by IP address as it won't be a computer/ browser receiving it
Mobile providers will have given details of users ? Mast specific ?GPS is used to accurately track the location of mobile phones - although phones DO have an IP address as well !When you use your carrier’s network, however, you’re using your carrier’s IP addresses, and they’re changing all of the time. Your private address connects you to the nearest cell tower. Your public address is one of many that connects your carrier’s network to the Internet.1 -
I have.Cartini saidDisable the functionality on your phone - as I have done.1 -
BBC get it wrong
Claiming that it will only be received by android 11+ devicesBBC News - UK emergency-alert system: What is it and when is the test?
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One of my kids is going to the cinema this afternoon, it will be interesting to see if the cinema has thought about all the alarms that will be going off at 3pm.
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Adrian_Scope said:One of my kids is going to the cinema this afternoon, it will be interesting to see if the cinema has thought about all the alarms that will be going off at 3pm.
What about football matches and the remains of the London marathon ?
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woodbine said:I see the point, especially now all the sirens have been taken down, far easier way/cheaper way of doing it, when the Dam in Whalley Bridge almost collapsed not that long ago our nephew lived very close to it.
Sadly we live in a world where far too many people see bad in everything, mores the pity.The trouble with relying on txt alerts is for people without mobile phonesMy elderly parents in law do not have mobiles - so would be at a disadvantage in the event of such an incident !You can't assume that everyone has technology - there must always be an alternative way of communicating emergency alerts.0 -
Hadn't thought about that, I wonder if they'll put in some sort of warning ahead of time?Wibbles said:Adrian_Scope said:One of my kids is going to the cinema this afternoon, it will be interesting to see if the cinema has thought about all the alarms that will be going off at 3pm.
What about football matches and the remains of the London marathon ?0 -
I doubt it - they just assume that everyone is awareAdrian_Scope said:
Hadn't thought about that, I wonder if they'll put in some sort of warning ahead of time?Wibbles said:Adrian_Scope said:One of my kids is going to the cinema this afternoon, it will be interesting to see if the cinema has thought about all the alarms that will be going off at 3pm.
What about football matches and the remains of the London marathon ?1 -
A message would also be broadcast across radio and TV stations in a real life event.Wibbles said:The trouble with relying on txt alerts is for people without mobile phonesMy elderly parents in law do not have mobiles - so would be at a disadvantage in the event of such an incident !You can't assume that everyone has technology - there must always be an alternative way of communicating emergency alerts.
If they choose not to watch TV or listen to the radio, as well as choosing not having a mobile phone (and presumably no internet), that's starting to become more their problem rather than everyone else's. It's a choice at the end of the day, as is the choice to opt out of this text alert.
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No they do have internet but rarely use it!OverlyAnxious said:
A message would also be broadcast across radio and TV stations in a real life event.Wibbles said:The trouble with relying on txt alerts is for people without mobile phonesMy elderly parents in law do not have mobiles - so would be at a disadvantage in the event of such an incident !You can't assume that everyone has technology - there must always be an alternative way of communicating emergency alerts.Oo
If they choose not to watch TV or listen to the radio, as well as choosing not having a mobile phone (and presumably no internet), that's starting to become more their problem rather than everyone else's. It's a choice at the end of the day, as is the choice to opt out of this text alert.
In the event of a potentially life risking event - they would definitely not spent five minute logging on to the 'net
Radio /TV possibly0 -
Exciting wasn't it ?
NotI have cancelled any future alerts0 -
I jumped out of my skin, it was so loud, ridiculous! I've also turned off future alerts.
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I didn't turn it off, but I never got one, so maybe it was automatically off for me.0
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I literally pee'd myself when I jumped, it was so loud
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Autism_at_40 said:I didn't turn it off, but I never got one, so maybe it was automatically off for me.Apparently many people did not receive it at all and many others were not at precisely 3pm....0
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Wibbles said:Autism_at_40 said:I didn't turn it off, but I never got one, so maybe it was automatically off for me.Apparently many people did not receive it at all and many others were not at precisely 3pm....
Mine was 2.59pm.
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That's a good point. TBH I was expecting a text like ping ... a klaxon like alarm was OTT.Wibbles said:
I wonder how many car accidents it has caused ?
I must admit I jumped so violently, I'm glad I wasn't in control of a car
All in all a bit extreme0
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