Emergency alert today ?

[Grant Fondo]

Android went off in the afternoon, stupid work iPhone went off at midnight and woke me up, grrrr.

 

[Grant Fondo]

What about Cyborgs?

My Cyborg alerted me to a slight change in air density at 6.28pm, although I had undercooked the veg ....

 

[vickster]

Messages on FB..,
We have now finished with our trial of the Emergency Alert system.
If you do not receive an alert on your mobile, ths is because you are not scheduled to survive the upvoming mass extinction level event.
Unfortunately, not everyone will make it, which is disappointing news for some of you but this is the price that we are willing to pay, its for the greater good.
If you recepieved alerts on more than one phone, congratulations, you prevented someone else from getting the opportunity to survive the upcoming mass extinction level event.
We hope you are happy with yourself

It looks like whoever typed that is essentially illiterate

 

[gbb]

It looks like whoever typed that is essentially illiterate

Copied manually, on the hoof, but essentially the same as read on FB.
Could been crafted better but I enjoyed the sentiment.

 

[DCBassman]

"mass extinction level event". Wot? You only need one...

 

[Milzy]

My Garmin watch has warned me about storms for years. It’s more of a money making exercise than to save a few humans.

 

[MontyVeda]

according to R4 news this evening, some phones received the test alert a day late

 

[newfhouse]

It’s more of a money making exercise than to save a few humans.

Yes, a murky chain of the usual iffy companies including Fujitsu and at least a suggestion of Infosys. Who would have thought it?

 

[wiggydiggy]

We had a good ole siren going off today

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/huddersfield-syngenta-siren-test-date-26743744

 

[craigwend]

One in five failed to receive the alert

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65391455.amp

 

[mjr]

One in five failed to receive the alert

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65391455.amp

Which is a good result when one in four mobile networks didn't send it correctly!

And the report now updated with the correct figure of one in fourteen.

 

[MontyVeda]

Which is a good result when one in four mobile networks didn't send it correctly!

And the report now updated with the correct figure of one in fourteen.

one in fourteen 'compatible' devices. I'm sure there's lots of folk like me who make do with older devices that are still capable of sending and receiving messages (unless it's an emergency message from the government)

 

[classic33]

one in fourteen 'compatible' devices. I'm sure there's lots of folk like me who make do with older devices that are still capable of sending and receiving messages (unless it's an emergency message from the government)

Five phones here, from six weeks old to 22 months old. On O2, Vodafone and EE, not one received the alert.

Lousy Three signal, so not much use on a daily basis.

 

[mjr]

Five phones here, from six weeks old to 22 months old. On O2, Vodafone and EE, not one received the alert.

What systems and versions? Do they have the emergency alerts options in the settings screens?

 

[mjr]

one in fourteen 'compatible' devices. I'm sure there's lots of folk like me who make do with older devices that are still capable of sending and receiving messages (unless it's an emergency message from the government)

Still a lower failure rate than the compatible emergency sirens the last time they were tested.