Poll: Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK mobile phones

[adidan]

Nearly gave me a bloody heart attack

 

[aVdub]

I got mine as I was stocking up with baked beans and anusole for the forthcoming civil war and instantly threw my arms up in the air.

 

[Jono8]

Why no pancake poll option?

 

[Raiden85]

Should have a 3rd option saying I turned that off.

 

[Scam]

I was out at a local festival (more like a fete actually) so it was quite amusing when everyone’s phones went off. Mine went off for a second time about 5mins afterwards though? Am I on the VIP list for the escape shuttle?

 

[Vonhelmet]

Why no pancake poll option?

Should have a 3rd option saying I turned that off.

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[Feek]

I got it!

Can a mod change my vote?

Nope. Not possible.

 

[rojones]

Was in a tesco and a few hundred went off at the same time, i honestly at first thought it was some alarm in tesco it was so lound with everyones going off at the same time. Then i twigged.

 

[slinxy]

It doesn't help when the national press publish instructions on how to opt out. What's the matter with these people?

I see we have people voting already, I assume those who voted 'no' have opted out, I'd love to know why.

And someone has voted 'yes', days before the alert has even been sent out. I guess there's no excuse for stupidity

I knew I would be driving on the motorway at the time... and I was correct... funny enough part of the A500 was a mainly at a stand still due to a crash at the time but I didn't want it going off and having to deal with it when I was driving on the motorway.

Turned it back on.. need the warnings for when the sheep escape their fields in my village.

 

[mithrandir]

Wife received it but I didn't on my mine.

We were in the park and quite a few people were getting and looking at their phones at the same time. Lol

 

[mithrandir]

I don't recall getting it last time it happened and I never opted out or seen any option for this.

 

[Jokester]

Didn’t get it last time so this time made up for it. Got it twice in the space of 20mins.

 

[Ayahuasca]

I wonder how many UK prisoners got rumbled by this.

Apparently a test they did in the USA led to quite a few being confiscated.

 

[Darkpilgrim]

Didn't receive anything.

 

[ezekial]

I quite enjoyed it actually

 

[Vonhelmet]

Didn't receive anything.

Guess you’ll be in the B Ark when the time comes.

 

[RC182]

What racket, dont they know I was trying to get some shut eye

 

[EGuitarStar]

I can post again! Got banned last night, anyway I got the alert.

 

[Darkpilgrim]

Guess you’ll be in the B Ark when the time comes.

Yeah, I am obviously not important enough.

I do wonder why I was chosen not to get it .....

 

[Nabinium]

I wonder how many UK prisoners got rumbled by this.

Didn't think about that. Quite interested to know what happened in UK prisons. Though thinking about it, it's easily circumvented by just switching the phone off or disabling the alert feature in the settings.