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Emergency alarm call

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Did anyone's phone go off?

We have three here...none went off
 
We had family round for lunch and all the phones (11) went off with the alert Roger. My daughter in law was not impressed as an hours rocking to get a teething baby to sleep was wasted!
 
Worked here. I was in Kefalonia Greece a couple of weeks ago and it worked there too. Wildfire warnings came through with evacuation instructions - fortunately for a different island not ours.
 
It worked. I think it was very unwise. Women who have emergency hidden phones to help deal with abusive ;/ controlling partners, risked having the phones discovered. There were insufficient warnings about this and apparently in some cases even phones that were switched off, still sounded.

What use is this warning arrangement if there is no clear guidance as to what to do in a real alarm situation? I'm sure the preppers loved it but people living in dense conurbations are in trouble in the event of say a nuclear strike.

I lived in Mannerdorf for a while and that house was built with a quite sizeable nuclear bunker. There was a legal requiement at the time to keep it supplied with fresh water, dried goods and tinned supplies.
 
Never seen nor heard an equivalent here. Do you not get a text message along with the alarm to tell you why it went off and what to do? Would be pretty useless without one surely?
 
When we got the emergency call in Greece it made your phone beep a few times and then displayed a full screen message in Greek and English telling you what was the problem and what you should do. It wasn't a text message and if you touched 'OK' it disappeared never to be seen afterwards....unless you had 'archive notifications' turned on in the phone settings.

Seemed a good idea to me.
 
We did not get a text message on any of the the three phones.
 
My 'phone was totally silent even though I'd checked that the emergency notifications were enabled but it worked on my wife's. probably something to do with old blokes not being of breeding stock. ;)

What did give me a hell of a fright was the Red Arrows very low right over the house even though we knew they were due and were waiting in the garden. Spectacular. (y)
 
Lons said:
What did give me a hell of a fright was the Red Arrows very low right over the house even though we knew they were due and were waiting in the garden. Spectacular. (y)
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Lucky so-and-so to see them :) Which air show were they at, do you know ?
 
Yep I was in the middle of an U17 girls football match (coaching, not playing!) and mine and loads of the parents phones went off. I knew it was a test so I just left it and the message disappeared, so I don't even know what it said!
 
I am in the UK at the moment. I got the alarm and message on my Finnish mobile, complete with a link to get the message text in Welsh.
 
Pete Maddex said:
Is safe to come out now?

Pete
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No never.

Im keeping my tin foil hat on.
We were in Argos/ Sainsbury's and the din of a couple of hundred phones squawking was unnerving.
Everyone was looking around perplexed but we'd all been warned!

RogerS said:
Lucky so-and-so to see them :) Which air show were they at, do you know ?
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We quite often see them traveling west over the border into Wales ,
No coloured smoke or trickery but still impressive to see
 
RogerS said:
Lucky so-and-so to see them :) Which air show were they at, do you know ?
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They were up for the Great North Run fly past as usual Roger. The route was well publicised so we knew they were due at 11.19 and they were smack on time. Didn't hear them until they were overhead though or appreciate it was going to be directly over the house.
 
AJB Temple said:
Women who have emergency hidden phones to help deal with abusive ;/ controlling partners, risked having the phones discovered. There were insufficient warnings about this and apparently in some cases even phones that were switched off, still sounded.
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The first of Adrian's points is excellent. I have one family member peripherally involved with protection mechanisms and encountered same in a previous working life. Protected status is paramount; if you ever had listened to a victim's 'experiences'(!) you'd know that.
His second point, re switched off phones, has a wider emphasis. I can understand the providers thinking they can get to everybody, even if a 'phone is off, but there are circumstances where the intrusion of an alarm is simply unwanted/unneeded and may even be upsetting. Autistic children come to mind.
 
AJB Temple said:
.....in some cases even phones that were switched off, still sounded.

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Are you sure it will happen if the phone is switched off ? I know that if it is set to Silent then it will sound for the emergency call but actually switched off? I'm not so sure
 
If the phone is off and theres no signal available would it work?
If so then the phone manufacturers/network providers are surely capable of far more snooping that they would currently admit to
 
I wanna know how these alerts are sent to those without a mobile phone? Or are they expendable in an emergency?
Could letters be sent? Pigeons trained?
In our local city the air raid sirens, as used in WW2, are still tested every month.
 
RogerS said:
Are you sure it will happen if the phone is switched off ? I know that if it is set to Silent then it will sound for the emergency call but actually switched off? I'm not so sure
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Restaurant iPhone 12 was switched off and in my wife's handbag. We were at Pashley Manor garden (expensive but recommended) so rurally a tad remote. It still sounded along with my iphone (ringer off) and my wife's iphone (ringer on). We had forgotten about it.

Neither of my German in-laws phones (they were with us) went off.
 
AJB Temple said:
Restaurant iPhone 12 was switched off and in my wife's handbag. We were at Pashley Manor garden (expensive but recommended) so rurally a tad remote. It still sounded along with my iphone (ringer off) and my wife's iphone (ringer on). We had forgotten about it.

Neither of my German in-laws phones (they were with us) went off.
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You clearly have a Magic Phone, Adrian as the Govt website is very clear.

It will not give you the alert if it is switched OFF.

www.gov.uk

How emergency alerts work

Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
I can disable all cell broadcast alerts on my iPhone 12 through the Settings > Notifications menu. I'm confident Android versions have the same capability. I can turn off Extreme Danger, Hazard Information, and Test Alerts. In my case, the only alert I enabled is the Extreme Danger.

I know this works as intended because my phone was silent during the most recent scheduled test alert broadcast.
 
RogerS said:
You clearly have a Magic Phone, Adrian as the Govt website is very clear.

It will not give you the alert if it is switched OFF.

www.gov.uk

How emergency alerts work

Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
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It's not my phone. Or handbag. :ROFLMAO: But I did hear the ring from among the tissues, purses, lipstick and keys. Perhaps it was on then when she thought it was off.
 
Turned them off, do we really need to know and does anyone trust the system anyway. If we are goiing to vanish in a flash then better if we are just doing are normal routines, taking ones doors off and making a shelter might be easier now with cordless tools and posidrive screws but they do arrive faster and with a bigger bang so whats the point.
 
What will fall from the sky will mostly be Shahed drones and criuse misseled and maybe a few ballistic missiles for good measure. Maybe though unlikely a nuklear bomb or two on some symbolically important mayor cities.

In either case any Ukrainan could tell you that covering at least doubles your chances of survival.
 
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