Alert Day, Thursday, December 8, 2022: An alert will be issued at 11 a.m.

Dear users and authors,
In Germany, the warning system—including text messages, sirens, loudspeakers, etc.—will be tested on Thursday. Hopefully, it will remain just a test. 

Let’s hope it won’t be such an embarrassment like the last Warning Day.

Best regards, Inge

I agree with Akela. When I was a child, it was completely normal for the sirens to be tested once a month.
Best regards, Kerstin

I live right across from a siren that’s wailing loudly right now.

Here in our village, the siren went off, there was an announcement, and my cell phone made noises I’ve never heard before 🙈

Same here. We had the sirens, an announcement, and an unfamiliar sound from the phone, along with a message saying that it was only a test and there was no danger.
Here, it’s normal for the sirens to be tested every Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
Best regards, Marina

So, have you all been adequately warned?

That’s the case here. Our siren goes off every Wednesday at 3 p.m.

They do this here regularly too, but not as often—maybe two or three times a year. What was new today was that the alert appeared on my cell phone even outside the Nina app.
When I think back to the Ahr disaster, I’d have to get used to this. That’s because I turn my cell phone off completely at night, so I wouldn’t receive any alerts then, and once I’m asleep, I don’t hear sirens outside either—they’re not very close here, so they’re barely louder than an ambulance driving a few streets away.

Here, the siren also goes off in certain cases when the fire department has to respond to a call.

Here, we have a test once a month on Saturday. But today—nothing! Silence! We live in a village. My cell phone is usually turned off, so I didn’t notice anything either.

My cell phone sent an alert, but we’re still waiting for the all-clear :-) And according to the information, that should have been audible too, but we didn’t hear a thing.
The sirens go off here a few times a year for test alarms as well.

Best regards, Inge

All in all, though, Alert Day 2022 seems to have gone better than in 2020.
The next Alert Day / Civil Defense Day will be on September 13, 2023.