It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
Exactly this... also don't warn me that I'm about to be vaporised.
Me and the missus have discussed this and have decided we'll walk to the top of the road, open a bottle and watch the mushroom cloud of total death and conflagration roll in towards us over the sea.
I heard this was going to be happening a couple of months ago, so I disabled it. I can't imagine anything the Govt could warn me of that would need immediate attention.
Terrorists shooting and stabbing people half a mile from where you are walking with your kids?
A bomb in the venue you are in?
And create panic on a dangerous scale ? I’m very political but don’t blame the government for either doing this or the test balls up. I’m just of the view that it’s never going to get used where it’s of any use.
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
What’s this “The Road” of which you speak. Sounds right up my street.
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
What’s this “The Road” of which you speak. Sounds right up my street.
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
What’s this “The Road” of which you speak. Sounds right up my street.
I'd read the book by Cormac McCathy. The film's good, the book even better.
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
What’s this “The Road” of which you speak. Sounds right up my street.
I'd read the book by Cormac McCathy. The film's good, the book even better.
Agreed … although Viggo Mortensen excellent in the film
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
Is this the one that the main characters are a father & son (and a dog) ?
If so, I watched that a few years ago and found it haunting.
Yeah, that's the one. It had quite an effect on me when I watched it.
My son wanted me to take him to a cup match at the time but I initially said no. Then I watched that film and thought that if the bloke did all that for his boy then the least I could do is take my son to the cup game he wanted to go to.
It amazes me that people's natural survival instinct means they instantly think they WANT to survive a nuclear attack.
They should watch The Road. That will change their minds.
If we ever get a 10 minute warning, or whatever, then I'll be doing all I can to make sure I get as close to the expected blast as possible. Goodnight Vienna!
Love a bit of Ultravox.
It means nothing to me.
It’s the cat out of rising damp.
I’m proper chuckling at this, I mean every time I read it it makes me laugh again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was in the Tankerton Arms demolishing a rather fine ale with my sister and bestie when it seemed everyone’s phones started making a ridiculous noise, including mine. Considering I had no idea it was going to happen, it frightened the bejaysus out of me. Thank feck my pint wasn’t in my hand! So if you’re on your holibobs and you have your alert switched on, you’ll still get it. That’s reassuring 🤷♀️🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You can opt out of emergency alerts, including the national test, but you should keep them switched on for your own safety. Learn more about how to opt out of emergency alerts.
With a due respect, if the bombs are dropping, I'd rather be blissfully unaware than trying to desperately scramble to "safety" when in reality by the time the alarm sounds it'll be too late
With a due respect, if the bombs are dropping, I'd rather be blissfully unaware than trying to desperately scramble to "safety" when in reality by the time the alarm sounds it'll be too late
But you said for ‘this one’ I.e. the test ?
I don’t think they are dropping bombs as part of the test as Putin isn’t really helping out the UK so much currently ! 😉😆
With a due respect, if the bombs are dropping, I'd rather be blissfully unaware than trying to desperately scramble to "safety" when in reality by the time the alarm sounds it'll be too late
But you said for ‘this one’ I.e. the test ?
I don’t think they are dropping bombs as part of the test as Putin isn’t really helping out the UK so much currently ! 😉😆
Yeah, if you can opt out of this, then it indicates that you can opt out of all of them, including the real ones
So if in ‘real life’ the alarm actually goes off what are we actually meant to do?
Serious question
Look at your phone and see what the emergency message is. After that it's up to you whether you want to take action (probably a good idea if it's a warning of flooding or a wildfire) or not (there not being a lot you can do if the Russians have for some reason launched a bomb right at South-East London).
It’s only used in a very distinct group of cases, and has been used lightly already. It’s no good for the 4 minute warning, mobile networks take to long to send out the messages
With a due respect, if the bombs are dropping, I'd rather be blissfully unaware than trying to desperately scramble to "safety" when in reality by the time the alarm sounds it'll be too late
But you said for ‘this one’ I.e. the test ?
I don’t think they are dropping bombs as part of the test as Putin isn’t really helping out the UK so much currently ! 😉😆
Yeah, if you can opt out of this, then it indicates that you can opt out of all of them, including the real ones
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Obviously I'll update on here as it happens.
The film's good, the book even better.
My son wanted me to take him to a cup match at the time but I initially said no. Then I watched that film and thought that if the bloke did all that for his boy then the least I could do is take my son to the cup game he wanted to go to.
Colchester away. That taught me. And him.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was in the Tankerton Arms demolishing a rather fine ale with my sister and bestie when it seemed everyone’s phones started making a ridiculous noise, including mine.
Considering I had no idea it was going to happen, it frightened the bejaysus out of me. Thank feck my pint wasn’t in my hand!
So if you’re on your holibobs and you have your alert switched on, you’ll still get it. That’s reassuring 🤷♀️🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Upcoming national test on 7 September 2025
The government will be carrying out a national test of the UK Emergency Alerts system on 7 September 2025 at 3pm.
The test alert will be sent to all compatible 4G and 5G mobile phones and compatible tablets across the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/alerts/public-testing
Opt out of the test
You can opt out of emergency alerts, including the national test, but you should keep them switched on for your own safety. Learn more about how to opt out of emergency alerts.
https://www.gov.uk/alerts/public-testing
Should provide some half-time entertainment at the women's first game of the season. Going to be fun for any non-league games with 3pm kickoffs.
I don’t think they are dropping bombs as part of the test as Putin isn’t really helping out the UK so much currently ! 😉😆