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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC, Nov 20, 2015.

  1. originallambrettaman

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    They are in operation…

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    Interesting
    Did you get through a text message with a noisy alert?
     
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    I didn't actually get it at all, I just saw several villagers posting about it on Facebook. Fortunately, my place isn't at risk of flooding.
     
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    Ok
    Tbh I don’t think that was an emergency alert at all.
    It looked like the message you get if you subscribe to flood alerts, or if you check for a postcode.
    The difference is that emergency alerts are texted to every phone in an area whether you’ve subscribed or not.
    I still don’t think they’ve ever been used but could be wrong.
     
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    You may well be right, I've just never seen anyone post them on the Facebook page before.

    There's human ****e coming up through the drains now, which is rather unpleasant. :emoticon-0119-puke:
     
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    Don’t paddle in it!

    *serious point though. People are always around paddling in floods and there’s always human **** in it. It’s just you can’t always see it.
     
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    Been reading about the evacuation of the Japanese airliner that caught fire. Apparently part of the success of the operation was down to exemplary behaviour from passengers leaving the plane and not taking hand baggage. I wonder if the same would happen on, say, an Easyjet flight coming back from Magaluf to Luton?
     
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    Yeah. Japanese culture prob saved a lot of lives.
     
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    They missed one out, 'testiculate', waving your arms about whilst talking bollocks. Just think Boris Johnson...
     
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    They should have just listened to Barry Cryer on I'm sorry I haven't a clue. :emoticon-0125-mmm:


    The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
     
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    Is countryside a word to describe your murder? <cool>
     
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    On a similar theme, it's worth listening to it all, but if I haven't set it up right 4 minutes in is the specific bit...

     
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