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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday 10:22 - Apr 18 with 3380 views

What type of thing do we think it could get used for when it's up and running?

Obvious one would be a terrorist attack - like 7/7 bombs and a warning to people to stay away from a certain area.

Or a loose gunman - like that guy who went mental in Cumbria - again, keep away.

Any other scenarios where the warning system could be useful? Not expecting any tsunamis to be heading this way tbh.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:24 - Apr 18 with 2269 views

tonybied

Zombie apocalypse?

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:26 - Apr 18 with 2261 views

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2 minute hate?

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:28 - Apr 18 with 2249 views

bluelagos

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:24 - Apr 18 by tonybied
Zombie apocalypse?

Suppose they could set if off as you approached Kings Lynn in your car? "Warning - zombie like creatures frequent this place"

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:29 - Apr 18 with 2247 views

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It's nearly 10.30 and McD's are about to stop doing breakfast menu.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:32 - Apr 18 with 2232 views

homer_123

Town win the L1 title is the obvious answer.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:33 - Apr 18 with 2217 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:32 - Apr 18 by homer_123
Town win the L1 title is the obvious answer.

To all supporters of championship teams - "The town are up and are coming for ya"

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:36 - Apr 18 with 2205 views

baxterbasics

Well at least we know it is coming.

Unlike the poor souls in Hawaii who got an unannounced message in error back in 2018:

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:03 - Apr 18 with 2150 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:36 - Apr 18 by baxterbasics
Well at least we know it is coming. Unlike the poor souls in Hawaii who got an unannounced message in error back in 2018:

I expect they must have sent another one out shortly after that warning of a shortage of clean pants in the country!

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:03 - Apr 18 with 2150 views

stonojnr

Well no they've said it won't be used in those kind of scenarios because the information would be confusing, cause panic and constantly changing anyway.

It's real only use case is some kind of national threat event, ie the 3min warning, or nuclear meltdown.

However to save face and cover up the undoubted costs of doing this, I've no doubt it will be used for announcing the next incoming named storm event, the next flu epidemic the next heatwave, the next general election, death of a monarch etc etc.

At which point they'll realise most people have disabled it, and then I've no doubt they'll insist phone manufacturers remove the capability to disable it.

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:10 - Apr 18 with 2124 views

Swansea_Blue

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:36 - Apr 18 by baxterbasics
Well at least we know it is coming. Unlike the poor souls in Hawaii who got an unannounced message in error back in 2018:

Oops! But I’m sure we can screw it up even better than even that (whilst lining the pockets of friends and donors).

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:12 - Apr 18 with 2121 views

MJallday

Town promotion party

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:12 - Apr 18 with 2115 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:03 - Apr 18 by stonojnr

I don't know the answer but wouldn't they be able to localise these alerts where appropriate? So "warning to Ipswich residents - heavy flooding imminent" for example?

Otherwise yes seems fairly pointless, the only time everyone in the UK would need telling would be a situation where most of us are about to die anyway.

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baxterbasics

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:03 - Apr 18 by tonybied
I expect they must have sent another one out shortly after that warning of a shortage of clean pants in the country!

It took a full 38 minutes for a correction to be sent out!

Fascinating reading about how people responded:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:30 - Apr 18 with 2084 views

BloomBlue

Well we are heading towards a complete nanny state, so it will be for all and everything. There will be fans heading towards PR on a Saturday and we'll all receive a warning text about a crisp packet blowing about and we all need to be careful as the wind could blow it into your face and damage an eye.

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:43 - Apr 18 with 2051 views

WeWereZombies

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 10:24 - Apr 18 by tonybied
Zombie apocalypse?

Oh, don't worry, we are working on that and have it scheduled for the weekend. Going to be really useful when all the real humans are in hiding and then their phone alarms go off...

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:51 - Apr 18 with 2010 views

Keno

If we drew Newcastle at home in the cup would there be a Toonarmy warning?

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 12:13 - Apr 18 with 1981 views

Bellevueblue

I've received one while overseas once, warning me about a 5.7 magnitude earthquake.

Was pretty interesting to read but not so helpful that I'd managed to sleep through the earthquake and alert and was reading it hours late.

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:31 - Apr 18 with 1918 views

bluelagos

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 12:13 - Apr 18 by Bellevueblue
I've received one while overseas once, warning me about a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. Was pretty interesting to read but not so helpful that I'd managed to sleep through the earthquake and alert and was reading it hours late.

Quality

My mate once showered through an earthquake in South America. He said he was hungover and just thought his head was spinning a bit.

Finished the shower, got dressed, left the house to discover there'd been a minor earthquake.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:46 - Apr 18 with 1881 views

BlueBadger

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:30 - Apr 18 by BloomBlue
Well we are heading towards a complete nanny state, so it will be for all and everything. There will be fans heading towards PR on a Saturday and we'll all receive a warning text about a crisp packet blowing about and we all need to be careful as the wind could blow it into your face and damage an eye.

Our current government will probably be using it to warn delicate snowflakes that someone's being nice to women, LGBTQ people, refugees or the poor in your local area.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:52 - Apr 18 with 1864 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 11:51 - Apr 18 by Keno
If we drew Newcastle at home in the cup would there be a Toonarmy warning?

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:54 - Apr 18 with 1858 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:46 - Apr 18 by BlueBadger
Our current government will probably be using it to warn delicate snowflakes that someone's being nice to women, LGBTQ people, refugees or the poor in your local area.

"Warning - 30 refugees from East Africa just turned up on a beach in Kent. That's why your relative has waited a year for their NHS treatment - get the pitchforks at the ready"

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:57 - Apr 18 with 1849 views

Coastalblue

So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 12:13 - Apr 18 by Bellevueblue
I've received one while overseas once, warning me about a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. Was pretty interesting to read but not so helpful that I'd managed to sleep through the earthquake and alert and was reading it hours late.

A friend of mine slept through the '87 hurricane, on a boat, moored up just off Southend. Got up in the morning and went above to see carnage everywhere.

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Goal alerts, mostly.

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 14:08 - Apr 18 with 1810 views

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:57 - Apr 18 by Coastalblue
A friend of mine slept through the '87 hurricane, on a boat, moored up just off Southend. Got up in the morning and went above to see carnage everywhere.

So 2 weeks before the 87 hurricane, I got a bit p*ssed and couldn't get in the house, so climbed on the car port to clamber through my bedroom window. Bit too drunk, fell off and fell through the car port roof, onto the family car.

Slept the night in the shed, and when my Dad got up I asked if anyone had heard the noise last night and thought maybe the car port roof had some "wind damage".

Got away with it too, but my Dad could never work out why the car port didn't get any damage in the storms a couple of weeks later, especially as all the fences were down :-)

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So this national test of the warning thingy on everyone's phones this Sunday on 13:54 - Apr 18 by bluelagos
"Warning - 30 refugees from East Africa just turned up on a beach in Kent. That's why your relative has waited a year for their NHS treatment - get the pitchforks at the ready"

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