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Cause even where flood defences are good, they are still fail or potentially get overwhelmed, you need to let people know quickly.Karim_myBagheri said:
not saying they are but why not try to be proactive against flooding for example rather than just letting people know yeah its gonna flood and at least we can now warn you of that. brilliant when your house is under water. Global warming aint going away yet our goverment feels the need to 'wash' away the people who would/should provide some defence against it.Rothko said:
EA aren’t paying for this.Karim_myBagheri said:Glad they have involved the Environment Agency, the same Environment agency that only just last week went on strike because they are severely over stretched because of huge cutbacks in the last decade. over half the budget has gone but fortunately we have a text message telling us where they were unable to stem the tide..
edit: not the thread for this. sorry.
don’t disagree on needing better mitigation, but until then, you have to let people know0 -
Exactly.TelMc32 said:
Not daft, the Chinese. They’re hardly going to let you have a warning that they’ve just invaded!! 🤷🏻♂️😉Covered End said:
5 years old, but it is Chinese (Huawei).Mrkinski said:I got one. Do you have an old mobile?0 -
"how we doing for time?"
"We died Forty-five seconds ago"3 -
I switched mine off as I think it's a waste of time.
They should probably have it to alert people in London to put your phones away as the ratboys on electric bikes are in the area snatching phones which I see on a daily basis at the mo. Then again everyone would be getting their phones out.0 -
I agree you need to let people know but at least try to tackle against it is my point, which I know you understand.Rothko said:
Cause even where flood defences are good, they are still fail or potentially get overwhelmed, you need to let people know quickly.Karim_myBagheri said:
not saying they are but why not try to be proactive against flooding for example rather than just letting people know yeah its gonna flood and at least we can now warn you of that. brilliant when your house is under water. Global warming aint going away yet our goverment feels the need to 'wash' away the people who would/should provide some defence against it.Rothko said:
EA aren’t paying for this.Karim_myBagheri said:Glad they have involved the Environment Agency, the same Environment agency that only just last week went on strike because they are severely over stretched because of huge cutbacks in the last decade. over half the budget has gone but fortunately we have a text message telling us where they were unable to stem the tide..
edit: not the thread for this. sorry.
don’t disagree on needing better mitigation, but until then, you have to let people know0 -
You get them quite often in South Korea, thankfully you can mute them!
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Let’s hope so. It’s like insurance; you never want to use it but it’s nice to know it’s thereShootersHillGuru said:I’ll stick my neck out and say that apart from flooding (where everyone will already know) this won’t get used.4 -
Can’t see a problem with it, who knows what is round the corner, look at Covid.
I can recall plenty of occasions I have watched the local news where a fire is being reported and people are being asked to stay indoors and keep windows closed1 - Sponsored links:
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Or Bromley South Waitrose running out of Balsamic Vinegar.killerandflash said:
Also things like a chemical leakMrOneLung said: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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That’s what ring doorbells are for!Gary Poole said:They could use it for other practical things like alerting you when Jehovah’s Witness’ are in your street so you don’t answer the door.0 -
Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?1
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My Mrs just got another one through on her phone. Had to look out the window incase there was a tsunami on the way.3
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Many years ago when I was a humble workshop foreman, I worked in a garage opposite the Nufarm Plant in Belvedere. This produced farm fertiliser, a byproduct of this was chlorine gas.
Because of this it had its own emergency plan, in the event of a leak.In the garage opposite some of the lads decided to enliven a dull evening shift by using Acetylene gas to make some small explosions.They wondered how high a hard hat would go when a full rubber glove of Acetylene was detonated underneath itWith the hat and glove in place in the yard it was detonated.
The hat cleared the yard and landed in Fishers Way , however the flash was detected in the Nufarm factory which involved an emergency shutdown of the plant and the activation of the emergency evacuation plan and priority chemical response from the LFB and MPS LAS, HSE.I got quite a telling off for that I can tell you6 -
“Warning. There are reports of active terrorist activity in the Leicester Square area. If you are in a building, we recommend you stay inside. If you are outside, please move as far away from the Leicester Square areas as quickly as you can. Please await an “all clear” notification”.ShootersHillGuru said:
And create massive panic in a densely occupied area. That’s not what the police generally advocate.Rothko said:Just to say again, it has national capabilities, but is very much built around being cell specific to an area. Say an incident in Leicester Sq, you can hit the cells within 500m and alert people to take shelter etc
If sent to all mobiles within a 1 mile radius of Leicester Square, I can see that being very useful.2 -
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?3 -
You'd have thought they might have checked with the main service providers first.SporadicAddick said:
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?0 -
What, through some sort of “test”?Wheresmeticket? said:
You'd have thought they might have checked with the main service providers first.SporadicAddick said:
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?3 -
Watched my nephew at Kent youth cup final today and everyones went mental. Just unlocked my phone and carried on watching.0
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2 of my mates are saying they can't make outgoing calls since the test.0
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This test was the rollout. Presumably there was some work done in preparation or do you think they just pinged it out and trusted to luck?SporadicAddick said:
What, through some sort of “test”?Wheresmeticket? said:
You'd have thought they might have checked with the main service providers first.SporadicAddick said:
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?0 -
It's this. The pandemic highlighted that the UK was way behind the curve in it's capacity to put out important messaging* and that it might have been helpful to have a means of quickly and reliably issuing emergency or other safety critical messages. Like when we had different Covid rules in different areas. No conspiracy, just the UK catching up a bit.Rothko said:We’re one of the few developed countries that doesn’t a system, and we’re too reliant on sending SMS for stuff like flood alerts where you can’t get 100% coverage in an area and for other emergency situations, say a terrorist incident. It was pretty pathetic that the ‘stay home’ text at the start of lockdown, took 4 days to slowly send via sms, when other countries hit one bottom and dropped an alert.
yes it does have 4 minute warning capabilities, but we used to air raid sirens connected to the old HANDLE network for when the nukes went off
*Not helped by closing down the Central Office of Information but we'll park that for here...3 -
So you don’t think they “checked with the main service providers first”?Wheresmeticket? said:
This test was the rollout. Presumably there was some work done in preparation or do you think they just pinged it out and trusted to luck?SporadicAddick said:
What, through some sort of “test”?Wheresmeticket? said:
You'd have thought they might have checked with the main service providers first.SporadicAddick said:
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?
Do you think they are sitting in Whitehall tonight saying
“I thought you were talking to 3”
“no I thought you were doing that”
”no it was definitely you, I had A to M and you had N to Z”
”I think I see what has happened here…”.7 -
Got it at 2.59, then it shows you how to turn it off. Sorted. I’d rather be blissfully ignorant I think and it was too fucking loud…0
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And here comes the conspiracy theories 🙄Covered End said:2 of my mates are saying they can't make outgoing calls since the test.
If they can't make phone calls it has nothing to do with the test or everyone would have issues(I literally made a phone call 2 minutes after the test no issues)
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No, we're not in to all that nonsense.paulie8290 said:
And here comes the conspiracy theories 🙄Covered End said:2 of my mates are saying they can't make outgoing calls since the test.
If they can't make phone calls it has nothing to do with the test or everyone would have issues(I literally made a phone call 2 minutes after the test no issues)
I'm simply saying what they have told me.0 -
Did they call you to tell you?Covered End said:
No, we're not in to all that nonsense.paulie8290 said:
And here comes the conspiracy theories 🙄Covered End said:2 of my mates are saying they can't make outgoing calls since the test.
If they can't make phone calls it has nothing to do with the test or everyone would have issues(I literally made a phone call 2 minutes after the test no issues)
I'm simply saying what they have told me.8 -
But thats not the governments issue.Wheresmeticket? said:
You'd have thought they might have checked with the main service providers first.SporadicAddick said:
But it did work, just not on 3, which I’d imagine is an issue with 3. That’s why it is being tested….Wheresmeticket? said:Nothing. Apparently not working on 3. Who would have thought this government could spend millions on a public safety initiative that doesn't work?
The government sent the test message to the service providers who were supposed to send it to everyone's phones, if 3 didn't for some reason because someone pressed the wrong button or decided against it or whatever reason it was that 3 didn't do it correctly then that is an issue with 3 not the government0 -
SporadicAddick said:
Did they call you to tell you?Covered End said:
No, we're not in to all that nonsense.paulie8290 said:
And here comes the conspiracy theories 🙄Covered End said:2 of my mates are saying they can't make outgoing calls since the test.
If they can't make phone calls it has nothing to do with the test or everyone would have issues(I literally made a phone call 2 minutes after the test no issues)
I'm simply saying what they have told me.
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