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Emergency phone tips
IN a previous article, we looked at using What3Words to help find you if you’ve had an accident in a remote place. It’s really helpful if you can’t explain where you are or don’t know the exact place. “This is Mendip Times” address:https://what3words.com/skate.released.watching But there are other things you can do. Emergency SOS You can make an emergency call from a Samsung or an iPhone – tap the power button 3 times for Samsung or 5 times for iPhone and it will activate an emergency call. Voice activation Most smartphones will have voice activation – just say – Hey Siri on an iPhone or – OK Google on Android and then say – dial 999. Contact 999 by text You can also text 999 if you are unable to speak. However, you do need to register in advance – text the word Register to 999 then follow the instructions. Then you just type 999 in the text number, then a brief description of your problem. The emergency service will then reply or tell you that help is on the way. If you don’t get a reply within three minutes, try something else. But all of these rely on your phone working and being charged. But if you know your phone is about to run out of battery, there is one thing you can do. Change your voicemail message to include where you are – even if it’s only a rough idea, it’s better than nothing. So when your phone dies and someone tries to ring you, they will get a message to help to find you. Don’t forget to change it back afterwards though! If you have an iPhone 8 or later, you can press and hold the side button and one of the volume buttons until the Emergency SOS slider appears, then drag the Emergency SOS slider to call 911. If you continue to hold down the side button and volume button, instead of dragging the slider, a countdown begins, and an alert will sound. If you hold down the buttons until the countdown ends, your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.
Submitted for I.T. for the Terrified by Lynne Duckett. Although we have stopped our one-to-one tuition, we will continue with this column to keep the name alive. This article is for guidance only, and the opinion of the writer. I.T. for the Terrified: it4ttcvh@gmail.com PAGE 16 • MENDIP TIMES • MARCH 2022
CROSSWORD
The Mendip Mindbender
ACROSS 1 Units of currency in Saudi Arabia (6) 5 Separate article or proviso in a contract (6) 10 Part of a deceased holy person kept as an object of reverence (5) 11 American illicitly distilled spirit (9) 12 In this village in 878 a peace treaty was signed by Alfred the Great and Guthrum the Dane (7) 13 Long sleeved woollen garment (7) 14 Recurring theme in a musical composition (9) 17 Small radio device that notifies the owner someone is trying to contact them (5) 18 Wide open space like Salisbury’s (5) 19 Sprite does not start to cover value of being fit to fly (9) 21 Place or means of access (7) 23 The isolated tower on top of Glastonbury Tor is the remains of a church. To which saint was it dedicated? (7) 25 Reference book particularly register or catalogue (9) 26 An Inuit’s house (5) 27 Ski in a winding path avoiding obstacles (6) 28 Chooses without a start but still chooses (6)
DOWN 2 Stood around doing nothing (5) 3 The final runner in a relay race (9) 4 River of Northern France. Its upper basin was the scene of heavy fighting in the first world war (5) 5 Change political affiliation in the House of Commons (9) 6 Passageway in church or supermarket (5) 7 Description of clothing that hugs the body (9) 8 Gardening hand tool (6) 9 Person inside clothes (6) 15 Marking the beginning of an activity or maybe someone taking office (9) 16 Change completely, metamorphose (9) 17 Forbid, especially by law (9) 18 Somerset’s highest village above sea level (6) 20 A primary colour (6) 22 Where in windows one would find spreadsheets (5) 23 Not for certain! (5) 24 That hard bit on the end of a shoelace (5) Clues in italics are cryptic
This month’s solution can be found on page 86
