I only found out it happened cos of this article

Edit: turns out it's today. I'm leaving this post up so that I never forget my shame

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Hopefully you didn't, because it's supposed to go off at 3pm today (Sunday)

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Haha that'll be why then! Thanks mate

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Loud and surprising. I wasn't expecting it.

    [Edit] It was like someone set off a tiny fire alarm in my pocket.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yep. Also also it did not (at least on my tablet) have a silence button. Just OK. Where it disappeared

    So in a real emergency situation. Most will be in situs where they want to shut the f?;?king noise off. And not have the ability to read it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    Wait I thought it was supposed to be in a couple of hours

    3 in Manchester, no alert yet

    Edit: yes it's in the first paragraph lol, 3pm today

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The 7th of September is today, isn't it?

    https://www.gov.uk/alerts/public-testing

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Turned them off, so no.

    Given we don't see much in the way of existential threats here, I figure that anything genuinely big enough to warrant one is something I'd rather not see coming.

    Or a test. Or a fault. Or a nothingburger.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's today at 3PM

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yes. Or Nope I also did not get one. O2 in south Oxfordshire.

    I knew it was due around that time but forgot the exact day. A friend reminded me at the end of the day.

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