I’d turned the alert off, so was quite pleased with myself, until I realized my son and wife, hadn’t turned their alerts off, I was in the middle of it, scared the absolute life out of me!
We were in the garden centre. Lots of phones went off. I couldn’t check mine as I’m on crutches but I think I felt a mild buzzing in my pocket (go on fill yer boots….). Nothing on my phone when we got home.
People seem to think this strange. But did they not test the air raid sirens until the 1960`s. There was one in White Hard road on a tall mast if my memory serves,
Right. No conspiracy theory here but why ? What’s the purpose of this. Don’t buy into flood warnings. Anywhere prone to flood will have looked out of the window and will have had a few days of rain swelling the rivers. They would be only too aware of the issue. Terrorist alerts would be minutely localised and if suddenly a small area of a busy city all got told that there was a terrorist attack imminent or happening it would create panic. The only conceivable use I can see would be for a nuclear attack which frankly is pretty pointless I’d suggest. What action could you possibly take in the few minutes the warning would give that would help in any way. My guess and I’ve probably missed lots of reasons is that it’s the latter. Nuclear attack but given what’s going on with Russia the government can’t actually call it that. Perhaps five years ago it might have had that luxury. What am I missing ?
Right. No conspiracy theory here but why ? What’s the purpose of this. Don’t buy into flood warnings. Anywhere prone to flood will have looked out of the window and will have had a few days of rain swelling the rivers. They would be only too aware of the issue. Terrorist alerts would be minutely localised and if suddenly a small area of a busy city all got told that there was a terrorist attack imminent or happening it would create panic. The only conceivable use I can see would be for a nuclear attack which frankly is pretty pointless I’d suggest. What action could you possibly take in the few minutes the warning would give that would help in any way. My guess and I’ve probably missed lots of reasons is that it’s the latter. Nuclear attack but given what’s going on with Russia the government can’t actually call it that. Perhaps five years ago it might have had that luxury. What am I missing ?
No one should be denied the fundamental human right of having the chance to kiss your arse goodbye.
Right. No conspiracy theory here but why ? What’s the purpose of this. Don’t buy into flood warnings. Anywhere prone to flood will have looked out of the window and will have had a few days of rain swelling the rivers. They would be only too aware of the issue. Terrorist alerts would be minutely localised and if suddenly a small area of a busy city all got told that there was a terrorist attack imminent or happening it would create panic. The only conceivable use I can see would be for a nuclear attack which frankly is pretty pointless I’d suggest. What action could you possibly take in the few minutes the warning would give that would help in any way. My guess and I’ve probably missed lots of reasons is that it’s the latter. Nuclear attack but given what’s going on with Russia the government can’t actually call it that. Perhaps five years ago it might have had that luxury. What am I missing ?
First they inject us with a tracking ‘vaccine’ and now this….
Right. No conspiracy theory here but why ? What’s the purpose of this. Don’t buy into flood warnings. Anywhere prone to flood will have looked out of the window and will have had a few days of rain swelling the rivers. They would be only too aware of the issue. Terrorist alerts would be minutely localised and if suddenly a small area of a busy city all got told that there was a terrorist attack imminent or happening it would create panic. The only conceivable use I can see would be for a nuclear attack which frankly is pretty pointless I’d suggest. What action could you possibly take in the few minutes the warning would give that would help in any way. My guess and I’ve probably missed lots of reasons is that it’s the latter. Nuclear attack but given what’s going on with Russia the government can’t actually call it that. Perhaps five years ago it might have had that luxury. What am I missing ?
I assume it’s the Russia situation too. The cynic in me thinks it’s the current governments agenda of trying to keep people thinking about the remote chance of it happening.
Personally, I was quite surprised to hear that this is a “new” initiative. I assumed this had been in place for years.
If it’s something so important and necessary, then I’d expect it should be tested fairly regularly (ie - every 1 or 2 years).
I think it is more for local use - could be something like ‘unexplored wartime ordnance has been found in this area, please evacuate this vicinity’ or ‘please stay away from such and such area due to an ongoing incident’
People seem to think this strange. But did they not test the air raid sirens until the 1960`s. There was one in White Hard road on a tall mast if my memory serves,
Absolutely. I grew up on Hants/Berks/Surrey border and I can remember the Monday 10am test of the Broadmoor siren (as well as it going off for real….) ps - I don’t know @SurreyHeathAddick 😉
I think it is more for local use - could be something like ‘unexplored wartime ordnance has been found in this area, please evacuate this vicinity’ or ‘please stay away from such and such area due to an ongoing incident’
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Personally, I was quite surprised to hear that this is a “new” initiative. I assumed this had been in place for years.
If it’s something so important and necessary, then I’d expect it should be tested fairly regularly (ie - every 1 or 2 years).
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We got messages at the start of COVID. So why are they bothering with this? Another government contract given to a luvvie of theirs possibly?