knowone@slrpnk.net to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoWell I totally forgot that was gunna happen...message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWell I totally forgot that was gunna happen...knowone@slrpnk.net to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoOh, lol I turned them off. We aren’t exactly in a country at risk of any emergency
minus-squareknowone@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI’m firmly out of the “nothing ever happens” crowd by this point, so I’ll keep em on
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThen why turn it off if you’ll never really get them? I know emergencies rarely happen, but wouldn’t you want it enabled if they do? They have been used 5 times already, and all were for very good reason
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt has been used to evacuate Plymouth for disposal of a WW2 bomb and for storm warnings with imminent threat to life in Wales, the SW, NI and Scotland.
Oh, lol I turned them off. We aren’t exactly in a country at risk of any emergency
I’m firmly out of the “nothing ever happens” crowd by this point, so I’ll keep em on
Then why turn it off if you’ll never really get them? I know emergencies rarely happen, but wouldn’t you want it enabled if they do?
They have been used 5 times already, and all were for very good reason
It has been used to evacuate Plymouth for disposal of a WW2 bomb and for storm warnings with imminent threat to life in Wales, the SW, NI and Scotland.