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Did anyone else not get an emergency alert yesterday? (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by LadyButterfly@reddthat.com to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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I only found out it happened cos of this article

Edit: turns out it's today. I'm leaving this post up so that I never forget my shame

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[–] buried_treasure@feddit.uk 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully you didn't, because it's supposed to go off at 3pm today (Sunday)

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Haha that'll be why then! Thanks mate

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How was it

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Loud and surprising. I wasn't expecting it.

[Edit] It was like someone set off a tiny fire alarm in my pocket.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

Yep. Also also it did not (at least on my tablet) have a silence button. Just OK. Where it disappeared

So in a real emergency situation. Most will be in situs where they want to shut the f?;?king noise off. And not have the ability to read it.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Noisy

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wait I thought it was supposed to be in a couple of hours

3 in Manchester, no alert yet

Edit: yes it's in the first paragraph lol, 3pm today

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Turned them off, so no.

Given we don't see much in the way of existential threats here, I figure that anything genuinely big enough to warrant one is something I'd rather not see coming.

Or a test. Or a fault. Or a nothingburger.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

Except it has had good use cases. Like Storm Éowyn, which suddenly upgraded in severity with less than 24 hours notice. I genuinely believe the alert saved lives.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

It's today at 3PM

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. Or Nope I also did not get one. O2 in south Oxfordshire.

I knew it was due around that time but forgot the exact day. A friend reminded me at the end of the day.

[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You didn't get one as it's supposed to happen today.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the info. I did note other comments but thanks anyway.