Emergency! Emergency! Will you get the alert?

[editor]

I didn't get it

 

[Sasaferrato]

is this your twitter account Sasaferrato?

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NO!

 

[elbows]

I got it. The sound reminded me of the alarm on a teasmade my parents had when I was a small child. That teasmade eventually melted, although not as a result of thermonuclear conflict.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

MrsA's phone went off around 12 minutes after mine.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

I got it. The sound reminded me of the alarm on a teasmade my parents had when I was a small child. That teasmade eventually melted, although not as a result of thermonuclear conflict.

Spot on, that's the noise. An old teasmaid.

 

[gentlegreen]

Annoyingly my message was not in French and I think other people had a non-American voice ...

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[nagapie]

I got the alarm, no voice, so did my son. I knew it was coming but it still made me panic.

Also made me think sad thoughts. If we were all about to be toast I'd probably order pizza, invite the kids' dad round and put them to bed as usual without telling them.

 

[moochedit]

I didn't get any voice.
Did get the alarm (which was quite loud here) but yeah I pressed ok to turn the noise off but that made the text dissappear so I don't know what it said.

Probably the voice read out is phone specfic. Mine displayed the message and read it out.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Annoyingly my message was not in French

Possibly because you're in the UK I'd guess.

 

[magneze]

Apparently Three is the network that's being reported as having the issues. Which ties up here whilst all 3 phones are on 3 only 1 received it. Does this tie up with others?

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I bloody missed it because I had my headphones on and was undertaking the laborious and grim task of referencing my work. I'm dead! I saw the message. What noise did it make Samsung users? Vocaroo imitations welcome.

 

[Ax^]

I got it. The sound reminded me of the alarm on a teasmade my parents had when I was a small child. That teasmade eventually melted, although not as a result of thermonuclear conflict.

never had one in the house but maybe



tbf you would not mind a cup of tea if someone had just told you a nuke was on its way really

 

[High Voltage]

Nothing here

 

[cupid_stunt]

Apparently Three is the network that's being reported as having the issues. Which ties up here whilst all 3 phones are on 3 only 1 received it. Does this tie up with others?

No, I am with giffgaff, which uses the o2 network, and no alert.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[Elpenor]

If you didn’t get the alert perhaps you’re already dead

 

[elbows]

never had one in the house but maybe



tbf you would not mind a cup of tea if someone had just told you a nuke was on its way really

I have tracked down the model in question, it was an early 1970s one with giant lights either side.

The alarm sounds right near the end of this video (at about 7 minutes 39 seconds), though frankly the boiling sounds were usually loud enough to wake everyone well before the alarm.



By the way my phone was an iphone, on O2 and if anything the alert arrived slightly early, some seconds before the clock on the phone hit 3pm.

 

[gentlegreen]

No, I am with giffgaff, which uses the o2 network, and no alert.

My giffgaff was fine.

 

[Ax^]

hmm remember about 10 years ago and every new years eve

you get random text dropping in hours later

maybe that was going to happened through the night for people who not received it yet

 

[Cid]

o2, iOS 16.something, got it.

 

[Saunders]

I didn’t get it but assume that’s because no mobile signal
I have got wellies on though

 

[Ax^]

I have tracked down the model in question, it was an early 1970s one with giant lights either side.

The alarm sounds right near the end of this video, though frankly the boiling sounds were usually loud enough to wake everyone well before the alarm.

dear fucking gawd and people keep these in their houses after the first night

the 70's must of been grim

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Will be funny if all those who didn't get it have it come through at 3am tomorrow morning.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Vodafone here, for the thing at 3pm.

MrsA and lil'Angel are on BT Mobile and got it a
few minutes later, they're on EE effectively.

We get 4g and 5g depending on which end of the house you're on, the weather, etc, if that matters?

 

[cupid_stunt]

If you didn’t get the alert perhaps you’re already dead

I think I am.

Posted from the hellfire network.

 

[xenon]

Well I had my personal phone off. Turned it on at 3:08 and still got it. friend on android 12 didn’t get it at all. was louder than I was expecting. would have been interesting to be out in public, in the pub or cinema.

 

[trashpony]

Apparently Three is the network that's being reported as having the issues. Which ties up here whilst all 3 phones are on 3 only 1 received it. Does this tie up with others?

I’m on three (didn’t get it), the boy is Tesco (did get it)

 

[WouldBe]

never had one in the house but maybe



tbf you would not mind a cup of tea if someone had just told you a nuke was on its way really

Maybe someone could fit a SIM card to a teasmaid.

 

[magneze]

I'm leaving them tomorrow anyway but now my reason can be "you left me to die".

 

[Sasaferrato]

No, I am with giffgaff, which uses the o2 network, and no alert.

I am also with giffgaff, noise but no voice.