I Have Been Emergency Alerted

[murraymints]

what was all the fuss about ? quite a pathetic wee buzz

[nero2024]

but it worked

[Redhelen72]

You and everyone else

[murraymints]

aye

[barry1010]

I haven't

[barry1010]

Why haven't I? Grrr

[roopower]

I thought so too. I'd turned mine off but son hadn't, bit pathetic,really,.

[Bazile]

I have

[murraymints]

was expecting a real air raid like klaxon ! feeble !

[Zacs-Master]

Pretty darn loud on my phone.

[douglas9401]

I think they went for the least moanable option.

[ynnafymmi]

I got three wee beeps on my phone.Was that part of the emergency alert?Not happy.Will be complaining to the government shortly....well ,maybe forty years time....

[nero2024]

barry1010
it only works on android 11 or later what's yours ?

[diddlydo]

Neither my husband nor I got it. Absolutely useless government again!

[ToraToraTora]

mine is Android 9, I got it.

[ubasses]

Just posted this on the other thread, looks like a big failure.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/news/emergency-alert-dubbed-epic-fail-29787571

[naomi24]

Or useless phones, diddly?

[bobbinwales]

It wasa test to see if the network providers could cope... if it was certainly to be 100% effective would there a been any point innit. Better to test until or works than wait till its to late.
Worked fine for me

[Hopkirk]

Florida accidentally did theirs at 4.45am

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/florida-emergency-alert.html

[nero2024]

tora
im going by whats in the press