Alert

Thanks for the heads up, Whiff! It's good to let people know in advance so they can prepare. If you know someone who might be startled by the alert, maybe remind them to switch off or keep their phone somewhere safe.

Let's hope its not in the middle of a concert!

We'll be celebrating a 2 year old's birthday so I hope I don't drop my cake when I get the alarm

I have mine on silent , hoping it will just vibrate

Apparently having it on silent won’t work have already looked it up, I think you would need to switch off alarms etc., on your settings.

aggie

I have mine on silent , hoping it will just vibrate

It won't. You will need to switch it off completely if you don't want to hear it.

Ours will all go off, three of us, wonder if they’ll be exactly synchronised! 🙂

I had an email alert, which had a setting to cancel the alert if necessary.

Should we be concerned that we're getting this alarm? why are we getting it? something going on we're in the dark about?

Don’t worry, Sassenach. This is just a practice run so the Gov’t can see if their warning system to the public is working properly. It’s the quickest and most efficient way to reach us quickly. You don’t need to do anything (except completely switch your phone off if you don’t want to hear it).
If, heaven forbid, this should actually be needed for real in the future (to warn us of impending war, floods, terrorist attack and such like): the warning siren will be followed by detailed instructions on what to do next.
It’s no cause for concern today.

Thank you Crossstitch I can un-twist my unmentionables now

Have now switched it off and put it in the farthest room.

Thanks for the reminder, Whiff

There has been so much heavy rain this morning I might have mistaken it for a flood warning!

fancythat

Have now switched it off and put it in the farthest room.

It should still go off, although last time mine didn't even though it was switched on!

Hope it doesnt!
Was considering putting it out in the garage. Think I will now.

My DH has fallen asleep. I have swiped his as well!

I haven't had any emails warning me that this is going to happen. Where did this email come from, and when did it arrive?

Information avaailable here:-

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw15l5n78jo

aggie

I have mine on silent , hoping it will just vibrate

Even on silent it will make the noise ...just a heads up

Elegran

I haven't had any emails warning me that this is going to happen. Where did this email come from, and when did it arrive?

I got a text

Out of interest why do people want it switched off?

You can only avoid hearing the warning siren if you actually switch your phone off. Putting it on silent will not stop the siren coming through! Just switch it off for a few minutes at that time.

sassenach512

Should we be concerned that we're getting this alarm? why are we getting it? something going on we're in the dark about?

No, we had a practice alert like this a couple of years ago. The intention is to make sure that it works so that if there is an emergency in any area (eg flooding), more people can be warned by the system. It’s not something going on in the dark that we don’t know about.
Other countries have had this system in operation for many more years than us - we, as is often the case, are on catch up.

Elegran

I haven't had any emails warning me that this is going to happen. Where did this email come from, and when did it arrive?

Mine came through as a ‘message’ on my mobile a couple of days ago.

sassenach512

Thank you Crossstitch I can un-twist my unmentionables now

You can indeed! That must have been uncomfortable!