Public emergency alerts by text in the UK

[quixoticgeek]

Just had the crap scared out of me by the NL government public warning system...



Had forgotten it was first Monday of the month. We don't get the text every month. But reading this while I could hear the sirens going ofd outside certainly woke me up...

J

[jsabine]

Being in holiday in NL at the moment, we experienced that too - just a little bit of a surprise, especially with the accompanying air raid sirens ...

[quixoticgeek]

Being in holiday in NL at the moment, we experienced that too - just a little bit of a surprise, especially with the accompanying air raid sirens ...

We used to do whole company team meetings at 1130 on a Monday. One meeting a month we'd get the joy of the alarms interrupting the meeting. With the added fun that those joining remotely would add a pleasing delayed random offset to their alarms. The months we got the text message as well were also an interesting event.

I was once cycling through an Amsterdam park at noon on the first Monday of the Month, and the sirens all going off, slightly out of sync was very surreal.

J

[andrewc]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/09/parts-of-italian-volcano-stretched-nearly-to-breaking-point-study-finds


Not now Italian volcano.......         


Or would the ejecta cool the planet & help combat global warming.... ?

[quixoticgeek]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/09/parts-of-italian-volcano-stretched-nearly-to-breaking-point-study-finds


Not now Italian volcano.......         


Or would the ejecta cool the planet & help combat global warming.... ?

Dunno, but if the volcano erupts sufficiently to require the UK emergency address system, we got biiiiig problems.

J

[andrewc]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/09/parts-of-italian-volcano-stretched-nearly-to-breaking-point-study-finds


Not now Italian volcano.......         


Or would the ejecta cool the planet & help combat global warming.... ?

Dunno, but if the volcano erupts sufficiently to require the UK emergency address system, we got biiiiig problems.

J

      I put it here because of the last line in the article  "locals receive alerts for all tremors of a magnitude of 1.5 or greater."   I don't know how they get those alerts at present, but it looks like they are trialling a new system https://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/en/notizia/it-alert-public-warning-system-civil-protection-activities-directive-update-published/

[quixoticgeek]

Have had 3 emey alerts so far this morning.



This is the 3rd of them. They arrived in less than 15 mins.

It's quite the storm out there. NS has given up on trains. And the emergency services are showing a *lot* of call outs.

J

[Jurek]

Ventusky is looking *ahem* lively in your neck of the woods.

[quixoticgeek]

 100kph gusts

I'm 7 floors up. And it ain't fun ...

J

[andrewc]

Looking at pictures on Twitter suggests it’s a bit breezy over there.  Trees down in Amsterdam & a lorry blown over on a main road.   Luckily it’s missed the U.K.

[quixoticgeek]

Looking at pictures on Twitter suggests it’s a bit breezy over there.  Trees down in Amsterdam & a lorry blown over on a main road.   Luckily it’s missed the U.K.

I can see a tree down from my window. It's landed in the canal fortunately.

The cycle path I can see is full of broken branches.

J

[quixoticgeek]

One to add to the collection. A Catalonian emergency alert test.

Not sure why it shows as NL-Alert. Maybe cos it's a Dutch SIM?

J

[Cudzoziemiec]

Interesting that both the Spanish (or is it Catalan?) and the English contain badly rendered characters.

[Jaded]

Just had an alert. Really loud in my hearing aids.

Earthquake. 4.8 on the scale. We didn’t feel anything

[andrewc]

That would be this.  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/05/earthquake-new-york-new-jersey   


I saw reports on Twitter saying that people were getting the alert over an hour after the earthquake had finished.

[Jaded]

Yes, mine was about 40 mins after, and Mrs Js nearly an hour after that.

[Tim Hall]

Yes, mine was about 40 mins after, and Mrs Js nearly an hour after that.

Ob. xkcd https://xkcd.com/723

[Mr Larrington]

According to howling mad teppichfresser Marjorie Taylor Greene the earthquake and Monday’s eclipse are signs from Gaaaahhd telling USAnians to “repent”.

[Jaded]

What I was seeing when the stuff was going on...

[Jaded]

There was definitely a point when we were in the museum when a train came past.

I didn't really think that was odd, that there were no other trains, but of course, now, that's explained...

[rogerzilla]

According to howling mad teppichfresser Marjorie Taylor Greene the earthquake and Monday’s eclipse are signs from Gaaaahhd telling USAnians to “repent”.

WARNING
INCOMING JEWISH SPACE LASERS

[Hot Flatus]

According to howling mad teppichfresser Marjorie Taylor Greene the earthquake and Monday’s eclipse are signs from Gaaaahhd telling USAnians to “repent”.

WARNING
INCOMING JEWISH SPACE LASERS

"Why don't you fack off. How about that"

[ScumOfTheRoad]

According to howling mad teppichfresser Marjorie Taylor Greene the earthquake and Monday’s eclipse are signs from Gaaaahhd telling USAnians to “repent”.

She forgets CERN operating on that day.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13249813/CERN-accelerator-smash-particles-solar-eclipse.html

Seriously, that is one of the most badly written jumbled up news articles I have ever seen.
I cannot even comment, as they closed the comments.