Here's Why You Got "The Mysterious Message" 🚨

    A mysterious event took place today in my class, turning what should have been a decent day of learning into an unexpected "comedy of errors" :))

Picture this: It was a quiet classroom, my friends and I were dutifully trying our best to jot down the calculus notes as it was really confusing, I'm pretty sure that Pythagoras himself would've scratched his head 😜

Out of the blue, my friend's phone, which was conveniently stationed right next to me started beeping with a 'never heard before' tone even though it was supposedly on silent mode! My friend went into full panic mode! Like a DJ at a techno concert, he furiously started pushing volume buttons, power buttons, and doing everything short of breaking the phone into pieces 😆 Nothing worked, so finally he did the unthinkable and force-shut the device off with a "shhhhhh" from the teacher! 

When the teacher inquired about the "strange sound", I did what any good friend would do - I quickly cooked up a tale about the UPS generating some peculiar noises, all to spare my buddy from phone-related embarrassment.

But the plot thickened! Another phone chimed in with the same alien tune, and then another and yet another!!! It was like our classroom had turned into a DJ concert hall of peculiar sounds.

As if on cue, the bell rang. The teacher, with a sly smile, left us with a cryptic message: "Hmm, bringing phones, ehhh? If I had a bit more time, your phones might have found themselves in pieces!"

We, the "DUMBSTRUCK BOYS" started investigating the mystifying melody... Anddd we struck gold...

The message that flashed on our smartphones

Ladies and gentlemen, behold - it was none other than the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), testing its pan-India emergency alert system. It aims to enhance public safety and provide timely alerts during emergencies, be it earthquakes, tsunamis, or flash floods. This test will be carried out on almost all smartphones to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the emergency warning broadcast capabilities of mobile operators.

This alert is said to override the silent mode in your phone so you don't miss an emergency.

Ya... NDMA is trying to turn our smartphones into Marvel Superheros but without capes 😅

The sneaky trick/technology used to override the silent mode is an enigma to me. If you guys know about the secret handshake, please spill the beans in the comment section, it's free and open to everyone :)

So, finally, we the "DUMBSTRUCK" gang have a valid reason to state if we are summoned to the principal's office tomorrow 😁

Shared this post if you see your fellow friends struggling to understand what's wrong with their devices :P
I'll catch you guys in the next post...
Cya!