I've just had an emergency alert

It was awful, I had my phone behind me when I was watching something on YT and it went off, I was literally shaking for like 10 minutes. Lol. Thankful didn't need to change my pants after that. Nearly laid an egg. 

I just had another thought, a lot of countries use these emergency alerts when theres an air raid, if we had one do you know where your nearest air raid shelter is? I don't think we've got any at all round here.

It just made me jump as I didn't know what it was or where it was coming from, when I did finally get it in English I just thought 'yeah, they just told us that on the news'.

I'm really glad they're not selling disposable BBQ's anymore, or at least for a bit, I think they should ban them altogether, they're a menace, how are people supposed to carry a tin foil tray for safe disposal? There had been serious burns to the feet caused by people standing on buried BBQ's on the beach and they stay hot for hours when covered in sand.

Hi everyone,

I am sorry to hear that the emergency alert was stressful for some of you. I thought I would share some ways that might help to regulate yourself, if or when there is another alert:

• How to make a self-soothe box - Best For You: Guides (this would be a longer term project, but it has some helpful tools that could help with anxiety or overwhelm)
• Grounding exercises | NHS inform
• Distraction techniques | NHS inform

Please only use these if they are helpful for you. 

Best wishes,

Olivia Mod

Had an emergency government warning message. Made me jump.

There was no warning.

Feel sorry for people who got a hidden phone.

You can turn them off. 

I travel between three counties between my job and home, so on my way home last night I got FOUR flood warning alarms on my personal and work phone. Two different counties declared a warning so I got two alerts on my two phones as I crossed county lines. Absolutely nerve wracking drive for no reason lol

I am out of breath because my phone was charging upstairs and I ran up to see why we were being a evacuated. It was a relief it was only an information message. 

Emergency alerts are switched off on my phone but I don’t know if we would have got one in N. Ireland anyway.

I had my first and last alert a few years ago in Lithuania, before I knew of such a thing. It frightened me because to my knowledge back then, my phone was incapable of such a loud, dreadful sound, so it was very frightening and confusing. 

The government is 24 hours behind me.  I was saying this yesterday.

Yeah we just had another one in English

Yeah they sent it to everyone in the UK it seems
It was basically saying the nation is at risk of wildfires