what'd it say?

what did it say loadie?

did it say ''you're nicked'' ?

''extreme weather in vic expected mon night and tues. high wind and fire risk. listen to local abc radio for emergency updates. do not reply to this msg.''

i mean this is awesome and scary.

how do they compile this database of numbers?

do they sent it to the ISPs and they pass it on?

please refer to bushfires thread.

Yep, just got mine. I think the individual mobile phone companies are sending them out on behalf of vic police

I got this directly after I received a text message from Hobbs.

I presumed they were linked.

i'm interested in the coverage that particular strategy just managed to get.

check in here if you received it.

..and i'd just texted carl williams.

I thought msot of Vic has rain tomorrow

I think everyone on optus probably just got it. I'm sure Telstra/Vodaphone customers will get there's soon.

do loadmyrig, reidthemighty, clarebear, hobbs, and michaeldudikoff have criminal records? Is the text only going to crims? Are they the only ones they want to be saved?

i havent got one. does this mean they don't care about me? do they even know I exist? damn you coppers.

I got one too.

the exceptions may prove to be more interesting than the inclusions.

i didn't get one. don't live in victoria though.

thanks for letting me clutter up the internet.

any vodafone users in Victoria got one?

Maybe its something like . . . ''potential firebugs, we know there's good fire weather on the way, and we've got our (big brother) eyes on you!''

I'm Vodafone and I don't have one yet.

i'm optus and i haven't got one.

they must want me to burn. haha. little do they know i almost never leave zone 1.

our house sounds as if its about to collapse

everyone in my office/buidling received an email suggesting the sooner we leave the office the better as the winds will really hit around 6pm. to be honest, i think i'd rather stay at work. there's some fucking huge trees in my street...

plus is it actually raining near any of the fires?

link maybe ...

Great. A millimetre.

Anyway, I think the SMS is a good idea, as long as they don't overdo it.

Did anyone else get a ''Christine NiXXXon- she's out of uniform, and on your mobile'' text offer today?

> someone at work said their husband got a text thisarvo saying the sooner people can get > out of the city, the better ???

ABC radio was reporting some dodgy msgs going around too - might have been one of these.

Mind you, the traffic is gonna be pretty bad tonight - windy, low visibility, rain, storms, so

maybe it's sage advice.

lheard driving home that public transport was running late/ tons of cancellations and expected delays. So they were urging people who could leave earlier to do so.

''remember, don't jaywalk''

Anyone else see this from Bruce Esplin, Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner about the text messages:

''The public have responded positively to it, and it now provides us with a rich source of information about the need for the national warning system, and I'd stress this was just using commercial available SMS,'' he said.
''It wasn't the emergency warning system. That will be more complex, stronger and better again, when we finally develop it and agree on it.''
He says the idea was to encourage people to look at their plans, and the rise in use of the emergency service websites shows it worked.
''We've had a few Tasmanians SMS back with some funny messages, but by and large, we've had a very strong take-up by the community,'' he said.

Looks like Modi's 'UNSUBSCRIBE' didn't make the grade. Outdone by Tasmanians Modi.

I didn't actually answer it.

I got one of these and I was in NSW.

I had been in Melb on Monday.

I can't believe anyone would whinge about this. unbelievable

i wanna know how this proximity shit works.

people who were visiting vic got them, regardless of their non-3xxx postcode.

how does it work???

Probably some kind of GPS shit.

it doesn't work very well, which is why mobile telephony is unsuitable for an early warning system

why are so many people interested??

mobile towers know which phones are connected/closest. each tower send out the message to all phones in the area. the end. basically.

OH SHUT UP I JUST AM OK??

it is based on proximity to signal towers, similar to how the suburb is shown on your phone

thanks guys for lowering yrselves to explain it to a numbskull like me...

In Impress they gave a ''backlash'' to the police, wondering how they got their number, and inferring that it was an invasion of privacy.. Idiots.

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