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Originally Posted by Hugh
Unless it was night-time and you were sound asleep, and the wind was blowing the flames towards you…
Or, there had been a toxic chemical spill near you, and the wind was blowing the fumes your way…
Or, a mains gas feed had been fractured near you.
Or, the local drinking water supply had been contaminated.
Or, there was a terrorist incident near you.
Because the whole point of the emergency alert system is
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So in all those hypothetical, localised, scenarios the government would get a text out to me before the Emergency Services have either assessed the immediate danger and contacted me directly or have contained the situation?
You have a lot a faith in the competence of the government!
No, the text system will not be used for any of the above, and if it is it will probably sent way after the danger has either communicated by another source or dealt with.
What it will most likely be used for is weather warnings and such like, which are already communicated on TV, or if you have the met office app, via that.