Warning "Low battery, closing down" - GONE on Mavericks OSX

Hello
Since I upgraded to Maverick OSX, I am no longer receiving the warning / alert message "battery is 5% and closing down".
I have done SMC reset and no alert. So now I am suspecting the feature "Low battery alert"  was removed in Maverick OSX
This is critical for the cases when i dont realise it but my power cord has come out.
Watching the little icon is not great UX. I want the warning back.
I have logged feedback to Apple on this requirement.
Is there any tricky way to get an alert/warning in maverick OSX until Apple decide if they will put it back.
thankyou

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