🚨 UK Emergency Alert Test from Euston Station

Today's nationwide test of the emergency alerts system filmed from Euston station.

#emergencyalert

[JosephRawsthorne]

Meanwhile three mobile customers are still waiting for their test alert 😂

[BloodMoonASMR]

The only life-threatening emergency near me is ALDI closing before I can get there.

[TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

Great catch! All the phones going off simultaneously sounds EPIC!

[sjondier]

In the Netherlands there is a Emergency alert (every 6 months) test together with the montly air raid siren check. Everytime this happens the siren test is even more scarier.

[regallx]

i was studying and that gave me an absolute heart attack

[christiansotelo]

I've always wanted to see/hear an emergency alert going off on so many phones.

[SuperloopSL-ue]

This happened to me too while my phone was silent and I was watching the 107 bus route Nice one Omari

[harrisonrobins]

Satisfying but surprising and scary at the same time.

[ninjaz]

This was fun while most of the class was out on break, 4 of us trying to switch off about 30 tablets/phones left in bags that wouldn't shut up, and of course with so many it's difficult to hear where exactly the sounds are coming from

[ethanjoseph]

It sounds like exactly like the phone alerts we have here in the US

[kram]

Was interesting during the marathon. Heard it echoing around but was so knackered it didnt register.

[hotelmario]

God, I can't think of anything worse than knowing that nuclear missiles are about to go off over London and you're trapped in Euston, the worst of all London terminus stations.

[deanryan]

Due to terror attacks in recent years I was expecting at least some panic in this vid but everyone seemed relatively unbothered

[Punkz]

"I’m from the government and I’m here to help"

[captainchris]

Has UK really not had a emergency alert system like that until recently?

[SouthernRex]

Only 1 out of my 4 phones in my house went off and that was the work phone 💀🤣

[DilipDas]

Does anyone know why it's 6 blasts of the siren?
Not 8. Not 10 etc.
Who decided 6 and why the 3rd blast is longer than the rest?

[kyor]

Bro i remember this it was like so hyped up for some reason idk

[kgrfirdjy]

That buzzing sound from the station alarm system sounds almost identical to the buzzer alarm of the United States Emergency Alert System. Luckily, theirs does not have the grating racket before the tones activate.

[saltedweeniehole]

I REALLY don't like overreaching, nanny-state governments, but I can't help but see emergency alerts as being a rare example of government actually fulfilling its' role of allowing citizens to protect themselves. Maybe it's because I'm in the U.S., many parts of which experience extreme weather conditions from time to time. The Midwest, for example, has horrifically destructive tornadoes pretty often, and even outside of Tornado Alley, letting people know that a flash flood is likely could be a lifesaver for those near rivers and low-lying areas.
That being said, getting an Amber Alert (description of suspect and victim involved in kidnapping incident) a whole state away is pretty obnoxious.
Considering the tyranny the U.K. Government imposes on its' subjects, an emergency alert system seems like small fry from my perspective.