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

• aap_ 6y ago
  Berlin has no sirens anymore apparently. I also didn't hear anything.
  • dependenttypes 6y ago
    Why though?
    • Termious 6y ago
      Look, if the Russians invade, you don't want us letting them know that we know that they're invading, do you? That would just be crazy.
      • fakedang 6y ago
        Guess sarcasm dies little by little on this forum everyday.
• detaro 6y ago
  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...
  • tyteen4a03 6y ago
    This is strange because I always get notifications on heavy rain (where in Hong Kong we call a drizzle)
• marton78 6y ago
  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...
  • taejo 6y ago
    There's no emergency CB system in Germany <facepalm> You have to install the app (which might not work anyway - of my colleagues who had it installed, at least one got no warning).
• lqet 6y ago
  No, it isn't. NINA failed in large parts of the country, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24430903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24430903
• josefx 6y ago
  Just your average 4 star rated warning app https://xkcd.com/937/ https://xkcd.com/937/