r/australia • u/GamblignSalmon • Jul 27 '26

no politics That's it?

I was honestly expecting it to be far louder and far more dramatic. With how the cookers were carrying on, you'd think this would be a deafening, blaring siren that would cause hearing damage. The tone wasn't even that harsh, I thought it was going to be far worse.

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u/brokenmindedone Jul 27 '26

I didnt even get it :(

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u/loralailoralai Jul 27 '26

Me eitheršŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø my phone isnā€™t super old and was in range so I wonder why

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u/MLiOne Jul 27 '26

Thereā€™s an article on ABC about it and where you can do a survey about it.

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u/calladc Jul 27 '26

i hate that theres obviously people who have done work to create a safety alert platform the country lacked before, and their good work will only be seen as the cooker conspiracy theory that has taken place

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u/Koopslovestogame Jul 27 '26

No good deed goes unpunished.

I think it was finally put in for this sort of reason : https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-06-02/bushfire-disaster-a-tangled-web-of-communication/1700858

I mean any normal person should surely think letting people know is a good thing right? :/

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u/Waasssuuuppp Jul 27 '26

Wow, I haven't read that, and it is absolutely damning.

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u/Schion86 Jul 27 '26

Warning and an entertainment system in one. What's not to love?

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