You can turn them off easily enough if for some reason they start sending them out weekly.
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I have a Galaxy S8, my partner has a newer version. We both searched for the switch off feature, but could not find it on our phones. I think this is another aspect that has really angered me, we were not given a choice.
There were video tutorials from places like Refuge showing you how to do so
Just because you were incapable of using your phone to switch off the alert and stop the notification coming through, does not mean that your choice was taken away.
The information for how to turn these off is easily found.
As I said in a different reply, I doubt we'll be getting many of these alerts at all. They might at some point do another test to see if they've ironed out the issues. But in terms of "live" alerts, I'd be surprised if any person sees more than one every few years, probably for flood warnings if they do.
How much is it costing the taxpayer? Especially if a lot of people don’t want them and a lot not even receiving them , how many people are actually prepared in the event of an emergency with the limited resources we now have available, I think we’ve only got two ambulances to cover a very large area and certainly no army personnel to help.
I mean I think if your house was about to be flooded you would probably want to get your family and pets out if you could, a tiny bit of advanced warning and knowing where was available to go would be useful
Local environment agencies have been doing flood warnings for years. For the areas affected. I have lived through a few.Works quite well and doesn't involve the whole country.
And it wouldn't involve the whole country with this, either. The idea of the system is that it can be used either nationally or local to even on specific phone mast.
My point was the system for flood warnings are already in place. People are talking about them like its a new novel idea.
Rather then build on existing systems in place Pod. I think it is better that we should throw billions on this too.
That’s the thing nobody knows where to go they only send that info along with the alert! How would elderly or disabled people manage if they’re alone? Surely it would be better having a local plan in place and actually give people information on what’s available in the event of an emergency now ,instead of waiting until the emergency happens
The contract was £5.7 million.
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Bringing back the air raid sirens that were decommissioned might have been cheaper.
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Bringing back the air raid sirens that were decommissioned might have been cheaper.
It doesn’t take much for our town centre to flood ,business are destroyed every time there’s torrential rain, nobody can access a sandbag let alone anything else
That would be an interesting calculation, there would either be not much in it or the old system would end up with some major previously unseen costs given changes in how things like that are done.
Probably including planning permission, legal disclaimers, pre warning warnings, letters to every household, noise regulation compliance, maintenance, full shift cover staffing, arguments over whether it's a job of the county or district council, the MoD, the DCMS...
I do get the point but suspect that what really should be a simple thing would turn out to be a nightmare.
That said, on balance I'd prefer the mobile alerts over a siren if it's not for something that's an immediate take action right now emergency, even if I am annoyed they didn't send it out on 2G (not fussed about 3G) to properly reach everyone.
I’d prefer they’d update the infrastructure to cope in the event of an emergency ,instead of sending an alert to say there’s a flood incoming “please go upstairs “ or “find higher ground “when that’s basic common sense, we have long range weather forecasts on our phones.What happens if it went off for air strikes? Besides hiding under the table we’re basically fecked ! we don’t have any undergrounds to take cover in like during the Bllitz .
It's so frustrating that Fujitsu continue to be so successful in public sector bids mainly due to their size I'm guessing, especially given their massive mess ups in the past.
Are they still in partnership with Sunak’s in-laws/ wife? Maybe that’s why
Do you mean Infosys? I'm dubious about that as they are a huge company with tons of partners, including a lot of of software companies other than Fujitsu.Are they still in partnership with Sunak’s in-laws/ wife? Maybe that’s why