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Re:Germany's nationwide emergency warning day sees bumpy rol... by johnnyfaehell on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:17AM (#24441862)
I read on bz-berlin.de that in an actual emergency they will have vans driving around with sirens. So my question is, why didn't they have vans driving around yesterday if it was a test?
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Re:Germany's nationwide emergency warning day sees bumpy rol... by milgrim on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:23AM (#24441921)
Very good question. I also read about another city (can’t remember which) that could have used the sirens, but didn’t, because the test happens already on other dates.

I really expected much more from this test. Feels like we are living in an underdeveloped country.

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Re:Germany's nationwide emergency warning day sees bumpy rol... by johnnyfaehell on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:50AM (#24442183)
> Feels like we are living in an underdeveloped country.

To be fair, this is pretty much the definition of 1st world problems.

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Re:Germany's nationwide emergency warning day sees bumpy rol... by hef19898 on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:42AM (#24442681)
They do, also for stuff like contaminated tap water. Kind of looks like the scene from Chernobyl, vans with sirens and speakers driving around town announcing stuff. But it works.
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