Government Emergency Mobile Alert

I haven't got a mobile phone so I'll probably get blown up !

 

... or abducted by aliens.

 

I hope it doesn't go off when someone's in the middle of doing something sensitive, it could cause accidents.
Stupid idea !

 

It is being widely publicised and will be even more so nearer the event. If you don't want it, switch Emergency Events off on your phone (it is in Notifications), or just turn your phone off.

 

Don't panic, don't panic Capt. Mainwaring.

 

Yeah could fall off the toilet.

 

What a waste of tax payers money, my moblie is old so can't turn off notifications it's not smart The end of the world!!!!!!!!

 

But seriously, when a 'real' allert comes, and it could come at any time, with no warning for people to turn their phones off, what if someone is mending a roof, or driving around a nasty corner, or using a sharp implement, it could be very dangerous.

 

We've had the emergency alert system for several years. It is mostly used for amber alerts - child missing. It puts an entire area on the watch for snatched children and has really helped locate some of them.

 

Imagine the alert for an inbound nuke.

'A nuke is heading your way, you now have approximately 4 minutes to get your whole family in the car, with bottles of fresh water and non perishable foods, and drive at least 50 miles to a cave in the hills'.

It takes my missus at least an hour to get ready to go out.

 

I'd just get under the nearest table, or sit in the cupboard under the stairs.