Text Message ??

[A Mum]

I received a text message last night at 10pm, my 13 year old son received the same message at 11pm !!


It went like this:

For urgent assistance phone 000.
IMPORTANT S.A GOVERNMENT HEAT HEALTH WARNING:
Heat Stress Can Kill; stay cool; stay inside; drink plenty of water;
check the safety of vulnerable neighbours; listen to your radio.

Did anyone else get this message??

Seems to be a Telstra thing, which is fine, but did it have to be so late at night when children are sleeping with phones going off all over the house !!!

[bayman]

we all got it here (4 phones) as did a couple of mates i've spoken to earlier today, it is the elderly you have to worry about the most though because some of them wont turn on an air-conditioner because of the cost of electricity & perhaps the lack of fluids taken also

[A Mum]

I do think the phone message thing a good idea.
But maybe more appropriate if they sent them in the heat of the day or something

[JK]

Yep I got it around 11pm last night and thought it was a waste of time/money ... The elderly as mentioned are the ones to reinforce the message too due to their added vulnerability, and not too many of them have mobile phones I wouldnt have thought

[heater31]

Same here absolutely ridiculous time to send it out. I would like to know how they got hold of our numbers...........

[A Mum]

Are you all with Telstra ??

Only two of our phones got a message and they were both Telstra.

[hearts on fire]

3 hasn't had anything yet, probably won't either........

[JK]

Im Telstra and the missus is with 3 and she didnt receive it

[Dutchy]

yep my work and personal mobile got them both and are both with telstra

[Footy Chick]

I'm with optus and the Malaysians couldn't give a fat rats arse about how hot it is over here

[TroyGFC]

Im with Team Vodafone, did get one!

[Thiele]

With Telstra got one. My mum thought it was a phone call she was wondering who would give a call so late at night.

[Pag]

My girlfriend is with Telstra and got one, I'm with 3 and I didn't...

[Sojourner]

Another Telstra message reciever here!

[Mic]

Obviously part of the message's advice was not about getting a good night's sleep, as the message surely would have woken up a few thousand people (especially elderly people) who would have been asleep when it was sent. Stupid.

[Tassie Blues]

so 25 cents for every telsta mobile phone in SA i wonder how many solar power plants that could have built?

[southee]

Did not get one....but another Media Mike trick

The elderly with mobile phones ......... it does not happen. Maybe there should be an enquiry????

[Jimmy_041]

Mrs Jimmy is on the anti-spam register and she's reporting Mike tomorrow

Wanker

[heater31]

Mrs Jimmy is on the anti-spam register and she's reporting Mike tomorrow

Wanker

maybe that's where he got our numbers from. I think Government Propaganda is exempt from that list and therefore he has easy access to the numbers if we are on it.

[Dirko]

Did anyone reply to the number it came from ? Could you ? If you can send a message back telling Rann to pi55 off.

I would but I'm with 3 so didn't get one.....