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Tommyblockhead20 t1_itx61oc wrote

Reply to comment by wilhelmstarscream in Android phones offered early US quake warning, beating iPhones to the punch | Google's earthquake detection network turns Android phones into seismometers, and it paid off yesterday. by chrisdh79

The more important thing is not what you start doing, but what you stop doing. You don’t want to be going down stairs, eating, woodworking, operating on a patient, etc for obvious reasons. 10 seconds gives you enough time to stop doing anything that could be dangerous during an earthquake and brace yourself.

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techieman33 t1_ity5lki wrote

If your using power tools your not going to notice an alert on your phone and even if you do your going to finish what your doing because that is the safest thing to do in almost all scenarios. The only way you might be able to do something is if you had headphones in and the alert came in over them.

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Tommyblockhead20 t1_ity5uom wrote

I’d imagine it wouldn’t just be a normal notification. It would probably be like AMBER alerts if you’re in North America. A max volume alarm, even if the volume is turned down. Maybe some extreme scenario it wouldn’t be noticed, but what’s important is that most of the time, it will be.

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SirHerald t1_ity7dlj wrote

I don't respond to those immediately all the time. It's usually someone missing hundreds of miles away

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windowtosh t1_ityjm8j wrote

Earthquake warnings have a specific sound so you wouldn’t need to look at the alert to take action.

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_ityagyi wrote

Someone near you could warn you.

And finish what you're doing? Why? For tons of power tool uses you can simply stop. It might take a second to stop but that might take a ton shorter than finish what you're doing. E.g. if I'm drilling a hole in a brick wall then I can stop just fine.

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techieman33 t1_itycxn7 wrote

No problem if your drilling a hole. But if your using a table saw or circular saw it’s generally safer to finish your cut before you start worrying about why your phone is blowing up. If you even hear it of course.

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windowtosh t1_ityjo31 wrote

The earthquake warning has a specific sound, so you would know why your phone is blowing up even if you aren’t looking at it

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