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Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:51 pm
by Grumble
I can’t even find the emergency alert setting on my iPhone.
Edit: ah, a google search reveals all
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:04 pm
by jaap
Grumble wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:51 pm
I can’t even find the emergency alert setting on my iPhone.
Edit: ah, a google search reveals all
Yes, I had to google it too. (It's Settings, Notifications, then scroll all the way to the bottom.)
There does not seem to be an Emergency Alert History though.
Here in the Netherlands we've had Emergency alert and Amber alert tests over the last couple of years. I don't remember if I explicitly deleted the messages, but certainly don't have any now.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:52 pm
by JQH
Forgot to turn my phone on so didn't get it. Though it's a 7 year old android so I may not have got it any way.
MrsH got it though.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 5:32 pm
by Imrael
I didnt get it, but I;m on 3, who have admitted they had a problem
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:03 pm
by Tessa K
jaap wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:04 pm
Grumble wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:51 pm
I can’t even find the emergency alert setting on my iPhone.
Edit: ah, a google search reveals all
Yes, I had to google it too. (It's Settings, Notifications, then scroll all the way to the bottom.)
There does not seem to be an Emergency Alert History though.
Here in the Netherlands we've had Emergency alert and Amber alert tests over the last couple of years. I don't remember if I explicitly deleted the messages, but certainly don't have any now.
Not on my 2017 Samsung.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:23 pm
by border_reiver
Both my phone - Google Pixel 4a, and husband's - Pixel 3, went off bang on time. Virgin network. And my emergency notifications setting shows a record of it. So bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready for it.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:41 pm
by Tessa K
border_reiver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:23 pm
Both my phone - Google Pixel 4a, and husband's - Pixel 3, went off bang on time. Virgin network. And my emergency notifications setting shows a record of it. So bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready for it.
You do know that come the apocalypse phones won't work?
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:53 pm
by Grumble
Tessa K wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:41 pm
border_reiver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:23 pm
Both my phone - Google Pixel 4a, and husband's - Pixel 3, went off bang on time. Virgin network. And my emergency notifications setting shows a record of it. So bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready for it.
You do know that come the apocalypse phones won't work?
Don’t be silly, how would we get Uber Eats delivered then?
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:23 am
by Tessa K
Grumble wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:53 pm
Tessa K wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:41 pm
border_reiver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:23 pm
Both my phone - Google Pixel 4a, and husband's - Pixel 3, went off bang on time. Virgin network. And my emergency notifications setting shows a record of it. So bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready for it.
You do know that come the apocalypse phones won't work?
Don’t be silly, how would we get Uber Eats delivered then?
We'd probably be eating each other before too long.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
by El Pollo Diablo
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:11 am
by science_fox
And of course yet more Tory corruption: Company who ran it belongs to the father of Sunak's wife. Keep it in the family! (and links to Russia via Blackrock too).
Who needs evidence.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:01 pm
by shpalman
I got the scrutable forum emergency alert though.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
by Tessa K
El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:08 pm
by Trinucleus
science_fox wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:11 am
And of course yet more Tory corruption: Company who ran it belongs to the father of Sunak's wife. Keep it in the family! (and links to Russia via Blackrock too).
Who needs evidence.
Trouble is with the wealth they have there can't be many companies they haven't got some link to
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:08 pm
by Aitch
Well one of the delivery companies is prepared for the Vampire Apocalypse.
Emergency Blood Scooter by
SteveH, on Flickr
And we know which side they are on!
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
by shpalman
Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:00 pm
by Tessa K
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There would be if the apocalypse happened in Amsterdam
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
by monkey
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There's been one or two, and I responded pretty positively each time, thinking that those people were sensible. The only one I can specifically remember is a bit in World War Z where they use bikes because they're quiet - there are definitely a couple of others though. I've assumed that they mostly use cars because things are mostly set in the US (see Tessa K's point about Amsterdam). And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I always thought I'd be riding around on my bike in the event of some sort of apocalypse (if I didn't just give up and let it happen, which is more likely). They're quiet, efficient, easy to maintain, and don't need fuel.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:20 pm
by monkey
monkey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I've just remembered about Turbo Kid -
clicky
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:15 am
by Martin_B
El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:17 am
Yes, but can we eat each other on demand, via an app?
I believe that there are apps for that purpose, yes.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:22 am
by Tessa K
monkey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There's been one or two, and I responded pretty positively each time, thinking that those people were sensible. The only one I can specifically remember is a bit in World War Z where they use bikes because they're quiet - there are definitely a couple of others though. I've assumed that they mostly use cars because things are mostly set in the US (see Tessa K's point about Amsterdam). And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I always thought I'd be riding around on my bike in the event of some sort of apocalypse (if I didn't just give up and let it happen, which is more likely). They're quiet, efficient, easy to maintain, and don't need fuel.
Post apocalypse films often involve travelling long distances cross country to a place of safety or to find someone. As the US is so big, it would be a very long film if they travelled by bike. It would be different if, eg, they were trying to get across Wales.
Also, cars give a certain amount of protection against zombies.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:30 am
by EACLucifer
monkey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:35 pm
There will be delivery drivers aimlessly riding round on bikes, stuck in a behavioural loop, so we can knock them off and eat them
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There's been one or two, and I responded pretty positively each time, thinking that those people were sensible. The only one I can specifically remember is a bit in World War Z where they use bikes because they're quiet - there are definitely a couple of others though. I've assumed that they mostly use cars because things are mostly set in the US (see Tessa K's point about Amsterdam). And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I always thought I'd be riding around on my bike in the event of some sort of apocalypse (if I didn't just give up and let it happen, which is more likely). They're quiet, efficient, easy to maintain, and don't need fuel.
But does a bicycle leave you mobile enough to to scavenge? As for fuel, the answer is to be brutal enough to pillage, to wage war for a tank of juice.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:16 am
by Tessa K
EACLucifer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:30 am
monkey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There's been one or two, and I responded pretty positively each time, thinking that those people were sensible. The only one I can specifically remember is a bit in World War Z where they use bikes because they're quiet - there are definitely a couple of others though. I've assumed that they mostly use cars because things are mostly set in the US (see Tessa K's point about Amsterdam). And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I always thought I'd be riding around on my bike in the event of some sort of apocalypse (if I didn't just give up and let it happen, which is more likely). They're quiet, efficient, easy to maintain, and don't need fuel.
But does a bicycle leave you mobile enough to to scavenge? As for fuel, the answer is to be brutal enough to pillage, to wage war for a tank of juice.
A tricicyle might be better with a little trailer on the back.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:42 am
by dyqik
EACLucifer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:30 am
monkey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:15 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
There are never any bikes in post-apocalypse movies and tv shows.
There's been one or two, and I responded pretty positively each time, thinking that those people were sensible. The only one I can specifically remember is a bit in World War Z where they use bikes because they're quiet - there are definitely a couple of others though. I've assumed that they mostly use cars because things are mostly set in the US (see Tessa K's point about Amsterdam). And also Mad Max wouldn't be the same if it was all on BMXes.
I always thought I'd be riding around on my bike in the event of some sort of apocalypse (if I didn't just give up and let it happen, which is more likely). They're quiet, efficient, easy to maintain, and don't need fuel.
But does a bicycle leave you mobile enough to to scavenge? As for fuel, the answer is to be brutal enough to pillage, to wage war for a tank of juice.
A cargo bike would.
And could carry a can of petrol or two home for the car/pickup you "scavenged"
Of course, those smug bastards with solar panels could well have electric bikes. Or cars.
Re: Phone alert test
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:53 pm
by monkey
A cargo bike would be good, but they have a less common wheel size. Might be hard to find new tubes and tyres, but I would have also looted my local bike shop early on, so I might be alright. Panniers for small stuff a a trailer for the bulky might be best.
Here's a couple of related TVtropes pages:
No bikes in the apocalypse -
clicky
[Petrol] lasts for ever -
clicky
My friend said she'd get a horse, but I do not know any farriers or how to farrier myself. It would also be a tasty treat for hungry people, but on the other hand some good eating if you are hungry.