Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades • Hacker News Board

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by docdeek » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

> Air raid sirens sounded for one straight minute starting at 11 a.m., testing their tones full blast before varying the pitch of the tone.

The sirens are tested in Lyon, France on the first Wednesday of every month. It’s nothing too out of the ordinary but interesting that Germany hasn’t done it in so long.

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by jacobush » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

mauz0r wrote: post #27

People 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...

And in Sweden since forever

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by tyteen4a03 » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

detaro wrote: post #17

tyteen4a03 wrote: post #12

Am in Berlin, heard absolutely nothing, not even a push from the NINA (emergencies) app. Is this thing on? tap tap

Berlin doesn't use sirens, so that part was to be expected. The latter... maybe also to be expected (government app...), but that was supposed to alert. Guess that's why we need to run tests...

This is strange because I always get notifications on heavy rain (where in Hong Kong we call a drizzle)

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by majewsky » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

plantain wrote: post #24

raxxorrax wrote: post #21

That would have been 15 minutes ago and it seems that nothing happened.

The sirens definitely went off in NRW.

Same here in Dresden. I was actually worried for a second because the alarm wasn't followed by the usual "this is a test" announcement.

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:21 AM UTC

lqet wrote: post #14

LandR wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where in Europe is war a possiblilty?

Turkey vs. Greece is definitely a possibility. The tensions are extremely high at the moment and both countries are arming up.

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Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by jiehong » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:21 AM UTC

mauz0r wrote: post #27

People 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...

Bavaria here, and every first Saturday the siren goes off for testing purposes as well. This was supposed to be bigger scale though.

Haven’t heard anything today.

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by majewsky » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:21 AM UTC

s9w wrote: post #22

And the official national warning app (NINA) failed

Well, I mean, that's what you do tests for.

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by marton78 » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:22 AM UTC

tyteen4a03 wrote: post #12

Am in Berlin, heard absolutely nothing, not even a push from the NINA (emergencies) app. Is this thing on? tap tap

Yeah, absolutely nothing happened. Also no cell broadcast. Yeah well, I guess Berlin doesn't really matter, it's not like it's the freaking capital or something...

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by microtonal » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:23 AM UTC

tejado wrote: post #29

raxxorrax wrote: post #21

That 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?

You need an app? In The Netherlands they use whatever emergency warning system is built-in in iOS and Android.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202743

Re: Germany conducts first nationwide emergency warning day in decades

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Post by menybuvico » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 9:24 AM UTC

LandR wrote: post #10

_the_inflator wrote: post #2

Tension in Europe is real. This was planned well ahead of pandemics and possibility of war is finally on the table.

Where in Europe is war a possiblilty?

Right here and now? Nowhere. In the next 2-3 years? Well, Belarus, Ukraine and several nations around the Caspian sea have some akward situations that might escalate into something big, especially now that U.S. focus is on domestic matters and others (including the EU) might try to expand their zones of influence.

In 5-10 years time, a lot could happen, depending on how the political and financial situations develop for the next year or so. There's a lot of tension right now, and worst case scenario after Brexit and COVID could mean prolonged financial difficulties that result in social unrest, and once you reach that point there's a lot of stuff that can go down-hill very fast.

The probability is low, of course, but the possibility is there.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and the Greece/Turkey situation that a sibling comment mentioned is an eternal source of fun. Also, anything happening in the Near-East, like Lebanon, Syria and Israel has a potential to affect Europe and things turn quickly over there.