That would have been 15 minutes ago and it seems that nothing happened.
Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades
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Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades
#22And the official national warning app (NINA) failed
Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades
#23Meh, the sirens are tested here twice a year. This is the case in many areas. Where my parents live, they are tested every 3 months. More interestingly, the federal government is realizing that it may have been a mistake to dismantle the sirens in many areas after the Cold War ended, mainly because things likes TV, radio or app messages cannot warn people at night, when their devices are off. I have heard of 3 possib…
Your are right, that a lot of cities are doing it regulary. The interessting point here is, that there are cities that have no sirens anymore due to the removal after the cold war. So such a nationwide test will help to check the efficiency and to modernize/rebuild the system where needed.
//edit: same info was added to head comment.
Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades
#24That would have been 15 minutes ago and it seems that nothing happened.
The sirens definitely went off in NRW.
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#25Correction to the article: the annual test day will be the second Thursday in September, not always the tenth. I don't understand why Cell Broadcast is not used. Surely many people don't have the app installed? I'd never heard of it and I've lived in this country the whole time it's been available.
Even if you had heard of it, it's not reliable due to being a normal app. It's affected by energy saving settings, DND etc. I've had it installed for a while but the time when you actually get notified varies a lot between people, depending on their phone's behaviour.
Cell Broadcast/EU-Alert is the way to go for this and I have no idea why they thought an app would be better.
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#27People in The Netherlands are used to this sound, hearing it every first Monday of the month at noon for the last 17 years now.
I wonder how effective this will work in case of real trouble.
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/terrorismebestrijdi...
Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades
#28Tests like this have been conducted on smaller scale in the past, either on Landkreis (county) level or state level. Some towns even test their fire sirens once per month. What makes this newsworthy is that it is conducted "nationwide". Beside that, it's not such a special thing.
Additionally it also includes other channels, like national television, radio and warning apps on smart phones. This is something, that localized test runs normally do not include.
That's correct.
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#29That would have been 15 minutes ago and it seems that nothing happened.
Not all cities have a sirene. Do you have and apps like NINA or KATWARN?
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turkey vs. Greece is definitely a possibility. The tensions are extremely high at the moment and both countries are arming up.
And that's why Germany is testing their sirens? Really, this is beyond ridiculous.
No, of course it isn't. I was just answering the parent's question.