Presumably that means all those of us without mobile phones are considered to be "extra to requirements" ?.
"The UK has recorded 3,739 deaths caused by natural disasters since 2000. Research from Outforia found that of these fatalities around 3,626 were caused by extreme temperatures."
I assume we'll get emergency alerts telling us that it's a bit warm out but you'll have to make sure you keep a stock of icecreams just in case.
(I didn't fact check the above figures but given the lack of tidal waves and tornados around here they can't be far off)
Well, my sister died last week - I guess that could be considered a "natural disaster" - from a personal point of view at least. Don't think she got a text message to warn her tho. I think I'll just rely on the local nuclear power station siren for anything too cataclysmic As for the stocking up on Ice Cream, a good point but you do realise that your mention on a Forum will now mean no ice cream will be available from tomorrow - either that or it will be rationed ( remember the Toilet Roll crisis )
Already got the toilet rolls. I have enough to stop nuclear missiles!!
Now the ice cream is something else. I do however have enough jarred stewed apple to supply the NATO forces.
You can turn off the alert if you need to, and anyone with a hidden phone (in particular those experiencing domestic abuse) is advised to turn off the alert.
I know a chap with a riverside home whose very expensive car was written off because he didn’t hear the alarm sounded to warn of an unusually high spring tide that night … and when he went out to his car next morning he found it up to its twin carburettors in salt water … for folk living on the coast and near estuaries the phone alarms will be very useful… they’ve been trialled in coastal Suffolk where residents seem to find them helpful …. it doesn’t have to be just nuclear holocausts that they’ll warn us of.
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I know a chap with a riverside home whose very expensive car was written off because he didn’t hear the alarm sounded to warn of an unusually high spring tide that night … and when he went out to his car next morning he found it up to its twin carburettors in salt water … for folk living on the coast and near estuaries the phone alarms will be very useful…
I agree @Dovefromabove. I think what some people are finding amusing/annoying is the thought of a national warning in which case all we'll be able to do is tuck our head between our legs and kiss our ass-pidistra goodbye. I'm chuckling now, visualising the alarm going off in the middle of weddings just as the question "If any person knows just cause....."
Interesting that the government can access everybody's smart phone.
Interesting is not a word I would use. More like "scary".
I'm a very private person where my contact information is concerned. If I want someone to have it, then I'll give it to them. I'm not on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Was your name, address and phone number in the phone book back in the day when we all had one of those?
Are you on the open version of the Electoral Roll?
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Now the ice cream is something else. I do however have enough jarred stewed apple to supply the NATO forces.
And blackcurrant jam.
On an alternative note, anyone who has a “second” phone for “other” reasons - beware!
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Yes. It will be a GIF of Corporal Jones.
The NZers have this app for cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes. It's not an invasion of your privacy, but for your security.
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