The government’s emergency alert test was every bit as well-run as you’d expect – 31 favourite reactions
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Can't help feeling that's a bit mean. pic.twitter.com/UckMnHowI7
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) April 23, 2023
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F@@@@@@@@@ck!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/F04tutSCxa
— The Jase (@jasemonkey) April 23, 2023
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Me when the alert came through at 2:59pm and not 3pm #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/DS3ZLhdLsw
— MB (@bowx_) April 23, 2023
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We have now finished with our trial of the #EmergencyAlert system
If you did not receive an alert on your mobile phone, then this was due to the fact that you are not scheduled to survive the upcoming extinction level event#EmergencyAlerts
— Sandford Police (@Sandford_Police) April 23, 2023
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You ought to be able to programme the noise your phone uses for the emergency alert, so at least we could have thousands of fart noises from lads if there is a life threatening thing happening.
— DoctorBohemiangirl (@Bohemiangirl) April 23, 2023
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I’m too sexy for alerts pic.twitter.com/y14KQXhrbo
— mnrrntt (@mnrrntt) April 23, 2023
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oh dear god pic.twitter.com/Jle3KuqBf2
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 23, 2023
24.
Just hit snooze. You can alert me again in nine minutes.
— Jason (@NickMotown) April 23, 2023
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nearly finished my enormous ten layer house of cards. i just need to place the final two cards on the top which i shall do at the stroke of 3 pm
— Tom Neenan (@TNeenan) April 23, 2023
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that Government alert was well weird man pic.twitter.com/JqhXVKikZf
— marc (@cestnepa5) April 23, 2023
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My wife got the alarm but I didn’t. Is this an Ark A/Ark B situation?
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) April 23, 2023
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Phone all ready for the #emergencyalert cos over my dead body will George Soros warn me about a danger to my life. pic.twitter.com/9sYOAL0rA1
— Brendan May (@bmay) April 23, 2023
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Well, it happened. The government alert on our phones activated the secret mind virus implant, as predicted by the conspiracy theorists, and now the streets are full of people staring glassily at their phone screens like zombies. So, no change there.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) April 23, 2023
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My UK phone got the emergency alert earlier. I hope you’re all ok over there. pic.twitter.com/VJRhwLa8Ws
— Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) April 23, 2023
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🚨 BREAKING: Govt hail alert test as “success” and say they’ll now be able to inform the nation the instant a Brexit benefit is found.
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) April 23, 2023
Here’s how the public reacted to the test.
BBC News:
“Let’s go now to our live shots of people around the country receiving the alert”Great British public:
*milling about not really bothered*#emergencyalert pic.twitter.com/1Hs4MJ9MBu— Alex Watson (@imalexwatson) April 23, 2023
Stig Abell might have a point.
I just wonder whether, on reflection, this front page looks like a mite of an overreaction pic.twitter.com/xSMQ8GA4dM
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) April 23, 2023
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