Whoops!
If you, like many other BC residents, received an Emergency Test alert on your phone at 12:15 p.m. this afternoon, you’re not alone.
The alert was a repeat of the one issued last week.
Shortly after the alert went out, BC Emergency tweeted that the Alert Ready test sent out today was an accidental rebroadcast of last week’s test due to “human error.”
Today’s Alert Ready test was an accidental re-broadcast of last week’s test due to human error.
— Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC) May 12, 2021
The alert is intended to notify residents of an emergency via a sound and vibration on your phone, along with messaging associated with the emergency.
Luckily, there was no emergency today…OR last week.
Here are some funny responses to the accidental alert:
— Mike Kelly (@mikevicbuzz) May 12, 2021
my cellphone making ungodly noises again…#emergencyalert pic.twitter.com/VGIAfnFiPx
— Roy Russell (@iamBisteh) May 12, 2021
No warning about this one. As I’d just turned the microwave on naturally I thought it was blowing up #emergencyalert 😂 pic.twitter.com/ak0RXe41IZ
— sally 🍸😺 (@balisally) May 12, 2021
Did I have a minor freak-out when my phone started screaming? Yes.
Am I glad to live in a time when important messages can reach me anyplace, anytime? Yes.#EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/nOoHgovzTV
— Susan sparkling from a safe distance (@realsusandixon) May 12, 2021
