Comment on Strongest storm in generations predicted as Éowyn to hit UK and Ireland
Rogue@feddit.uk 1 week ago
The government have kicked their emergency red alert system into action causing my phone to shrill at me.
In the true fashion of government competence I’m not even located in the red warning area.
theo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Are you nearby to it at least? The last big one in December they had the emergency warning zone a fair bit bigger than the actual red area to account for people travelling. Which does make sense considering people will commute up to 50 miles or so, plus inaccuracies from phone masts covering a large area.
Rogue@feddit.uk 1 week ago
I’m far enough that I think it’s inappropriate to have issued it to my area.
It’s a very invasive system. The phone screams at you with a siren noise even on silent. And very boldly declared itself a RED warning.
If they are expanding it to account for travel distances I think they should have more accurate wording.
I’m happy to have these alerts enabled if they’re used appropriately but if they start to make a habit of it I’ll end up disabling them.