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The warning alarm

(24 Posts)
Mollygo Fri 14-Aug-26 19:11:50

Everybody else received a very loud alarm on their phone and this message?

Calendargirl Fri 14-Aug-26 19:12:42

Yes.

Ilovecheese Fri 14-Aug-26 19:21:20

Yes

Grannybags Fri 14-Aug-26 19:22:28

Yes me too

Elegran Fri 14-Aug-26 19:24:55

Was that over the whole of the Uk?

Cossy Fri 14-Aug-26 19:40:05

Yes (see other thread)

Elegran Fri 14-Aug-26 19:43:32

Answering my own question - News reports say the alarms arrived on phones in England and Wales. (Except for the reports saying the alarms went out "nationwide". Do they know something about Scottish Independence that the SNP haven't heard yet? Also, there is someone asking on the net "Can you have wildfires in Scotland?" No, dear, they have passed a law banning them. They don't dare cross the border illegally.)

Elegran Fri 14-Aug-26 19:48:16

Nothing yet on my phone, neither mobile nor terrestrial. Maybe they think there isn't enough sunshine up here to dry out the vegetation and make it vulnerable. Tell that to them in the Cairngorms, or even on Arthur's Seat in the middle of Edinburgh.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Fri 14-Aug-26 19:50:19

Yes I did.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 14-Aug-26 19:52:22

No - I’m on South Downs.

JoyBloggs Fri 14-Aug-26 20:15:26

Yes

GrannyGravy13 Fri 14-Aug-26 20:36:44

Just had a phone call from 11yr old GS, he had the alerts and wanted to know if he should put his X box in his grab bag as his mum (DD) had said no…

Silvershadow Fri 14-Aug-26 20:38:45

We did. South coast.

JenniRen Fri 14-Aug-26 20:39:29

Well, it didn't go off on my phone but as I was in the garden, I heard my neighbour's alarm.

MT62 Fri 14-Aug-26 20:50:08

Yes. Left my phone in my bag downstairs at (SD
House with 3 floors, can’t think what you call them the now), but I blinking heard it all the way upstairs.
A good thing in my opinion.

Farzanah Fri 14-Aug-26 20:51:52

Mine was in Welsh with no translation!

SueDonim Fri 14-Aug-26 20:59:23

None here. I’m in Scotland.

Wheniwasyourage Fri 14-Aug-26 21:03:04

It's just England and Wales.

Magenta8 Fri 14-Aug-26 21:04:21

Silvershadow

We did. South coast.

I didn't. South Coast.

MT62 Fri 14-Aug-26 21:05:24

MT62

Yes. Left my phone in my bag downstairs at (SD
House with 3 floors, can’t think what you call them the now), but I blinking heard it all the way upstairs.
A good thing in my opinion.

Townhouse 🤦‍♀️

MayBee70 Fri 14-Aug-26 21:18:53

I bet if you were in a supermarket you’d think the fire alarm was going off with everyone’s phone having the alert.

Charleygirl5 Fri 14-Aug-26 21:23:03

Yes, London. I had no clue what was going on

Galaxy Fri 14-Aug-26 21:25:18

Was there a warning that that was going to happen?

Luckygirl3 Fri 14-Aug-26 21:28:13

I got two ... one in Welsh, one in English ...