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And the official national warning app (NINA) failed
Well, I mean, that's what you do tests for.
Tension in Europe is real. This was planned well ahead of pandemics and possibility of war is finally on the table.
This is total nonsense. E.g. in The Netherlands we have had tests every first Monday of the month, since I can't remember how long (I am 37 now), with the exception of 1997-2003 (when it was done once a year).
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Well, I mean, that's what you do tests for.
There's been an official response now: The system was overwhelmed because instead of just one nation-wide alarm, several local institutions used the system for local alarms. Which is scary: The number of local alarms was three I read (very uncertain about that number). And the nationwide alarm came 31 minutes late. That seems unreasonable, but yeah I guess the test was productive at least.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Alert
Cell broadcast is much more suitable than a stupid app if you want to warn people in a certain area.
Am in Berlin, heard absolutely nothing, not even a push from the NINA (emergencies) app. Is this thing on? tap tap
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There's been an official response now: The system was overwhelmed because instead of just one nation-wide alarm, several local institutions used the system for local alarms. Which is scary: The number of local alarms was three I read (very uncertain about that number). And the nationwide alarm came 31 minutes late. That seems unreasonable, but yeah I guess the test was productive at least.
The whole system is flawed. They should take a look at how Japan has implemented the J-Alert system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Alert Cell broadcast is much more suitable than a stupid app if you want to warn people in a certain area.
Correction 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.
I have simply no idea who thought it was a good idea to implement a nation-wide warning system on an app that has ~15k downloads[0]~. We already get warnings through cell broadcast here in Hamburg for the weather (last year we got multiple high wind warnings). I'm very disappointed. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.materna.bbk... Edit: As a commenter pointed out, it has 1M+ downloads. But I'm stil…