Emergency Alerts Real or Conspiracy?

[Spinney]

Yeah I agree recent governments have been utter shitshows but I’m a naturally glass half full person and like to believe some good things can still happen. 
To be honest, it’s conspiracy theorists who go against all the proven science just for the sake of it that really irritates. I’m all for seeing the positives until proven wrong by proper and genuine research. 

[Sparky]

Normal part of life in the States.  Having had to run away from tornadoes a couple of times, I can appreciate its value.  But you just know we're going to get alerts for 5mm of snow.  And living near Northwood I'd appreciate a nuclear alert, so I can climb on the roof and make sure I'm gone in the first wave.  Screw surviving that.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

You’ll be fine. Even Putin won’t waste a nuke on Watford.

[Sparky]

True, but NATO Allied Maritime Command is 2 miles away as the ICBM flies.  Game over, man.

[exeterjeep]

@Trevsked must even be a bit closer.

[Sparky]

Pretty sure he's one of their secret agents.

[Trevsked]

4 minutes ago, exeterjeep said:

@Trevsked must even be a bit closer.

And the very reason they simply wouldn’t dare risk a strike. 
 

T.

[Chillidoggy]

As long as the warning gives me enough time to get to The Fez for a last gasp pint with the wife, I’m OK with it.

[Sparky]

That place already looks like a bomb dropped on it.

[drdoom]

Conspiracies . . . FFS. What we should make time for is contemplating why people everywhere are consumed by paranoia in one form or another. Road to a better world isn't so hard to see.

[C8RKH]

18 hours ago, Spinney said:

Well I guess that very clearly would depend on the exact nature of the emergency. 🤷‍♂️

I’d still rather know about any impending doom that’s about to befall me. At least then I could try making an informed decision about what to do next. I don’t think I’d panic but instead try and think of a way round the problem. My wife would definitely panic though!🤦

 

You can't think your way around 150+ nuclear warheads on the end of ICBM's raining down on the UK. You'd have what, 10-15 minutes notice? Personally, I'd rather not know and just let it happen, whether I was working, shagging (unlikely as been married for 30 years), driving or just sitting on the bog having a great shit.

[Spinney]

Like I said, any action I’d take would depend entirely on the nature of the issue. Nukes, no I couldn’t do owt about but floods or fires, for example, yes maybe I could take suitable avoiding action. 

Whatever the problem, I’d still want to know. I’m a fatalist by nature and if my demise is inevitable, so be it, but if there’s the remotest chance I can do something about it, then I’d grab it. 

[Trevsked]

5 hours ago, Sparky said:

That place already looks like a bomb dropped on it.

Nothing a few cable ties wouldn’t sort out, if there’s any left at local stockists.

 

T.

[Sparky]

Splitter.

[Bibs]

6 hours ago, Sparky said:

Pretty sure he's one of their secret agents.

Now it all makes sense! 🤣

[Rambo]

!!!! Government warning. Red juniper alert !!!!

Beware, Sparky is in town. Lock up your supplies of Gin.

[r3nault]

Just to add a bit of real world context here, in Australia the black Saturday bushfires killed about 200 people. It is the reason we now have an alert system for bushfires.

For those who are familiar, bushfires are an evacuation situation until they reach a certain point, where it becomes safest to stay and defend your home (avoiding the initial heat front, obviously). So most of those 200 lives could have been saved.

[Rambo]

Only 23 mins to go. Are you all ready?

[Rambo]

You've got to laugh. The latest conspiracy theory is that it is to protect us against alien lifeforms 🤣

[Spinney]

Now you're talking, I was only listening to the War of the Worlds CD earlier today, so it all makes perfect sense! 

[Sparky]

We couldn't manage any UK accent?

[exeterjeep]

Alert does not seem to have reached the SW (yet). Phone off but turned on later - no saved alerts and alerts are enabled.    

[Rambo]

4 hours ago, Spinney said:

Now you're talking, I was only listening to the War of the Worlds CD earlier today, so it all makes perfect sense! 

War of the Worlds. Brilliant 👍

[Kimbers]

Well my Alarm went off and I am fine! Checked myself in the mirror this morning and look the same as normal! 

Now, where did I put those Brains?

[ramjet]

You're looking better Kimbers.