Page 27 | Government alert?!?!

hotmumshit · 2026-08-14T18:02:54+00:00

Omg? First use of the government phone alerts, i think??

Sirzy · 14/08/2026 19:08

MrsM2025 · 14/08/2026 19:04

AIBU that I don’t think this alert system should have been used for this?

Yes. The country is a tinderbox at the moment. Hundreds of people have been displaced because of fires and lives are at risk.

the message needs to get out there to be careful. This is a way of getting it to a vast proportion of the population at once. It’s exactly what we need the system for

shellyleppard · 14/08/2026 19:08

Ours went off, i thought it was the smoke alarm 🚨 🤣

SeabassFish · 14/08/2026 19:08

Blodyneighbour · 14/08/2026 19:06

Freaked me out too. And I have just used a disposable bbq in a very safe area and was very careful.

How about don’t use them at all?

MelonSorbet · 14/08/2026 19:08

Thank god I have them switched off!

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:08

tokennamechange · 14/08/2026 19:07

We got the Welsh version first. Im in the garden, as are the neighbours (in wales but not a very Welsh language area), all I could hear was a succession of BEEPS then a lot of panicked swearing and poor attempts at translation before the English version came through about two minutes later with another round of beeps 🤔

So if youre a Welsh language speaker you'll have a headstart for the emergency shelters in a nuclear war!

'Poor attempts at translation' 😄😄😄😄

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SadiraOfTyr · 14/08/2026 19:08

Why on earth would people want to switch them off?? We’ve had them before for severe storms and escaped dangerous prisoners. They can target a local area as well as issuing a national alert.

tilypu · 14/08/2026 19:07

No alert here. Thank heavens as it would be deafening! (At Edinburgh Fringe)

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:07

My mind immediately went to war tbh!

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tokennamechange · 14/08/2026 19:07

We got the Welsh version first. Im in the garden, as are the neighbours (in wales but not a very Welsh language area), all I could hear was a succession of BEEPS then a lot of panicked swearing and poor attempts at translation before the English version came through about two minutes later with another round of beeps 🤔

So if youre a Welsh language speaker you'll have a headstart for the emergency shelters in a nuclear war!

StripyHorse · 14/08/2026 19:07

It doesn't help that the alert vanishes when you click it - which is my instinct to stop the noise. Ours came out in Welsh first followed by English a few minutes later. My Welsh is OK, but I need to read it fully, whereas in English I pick out key words from a message flashing up. It meant the message had vanished before I realised what it was for.

MyM8Marmite · 14/08/2026 19:07

Frumpitydoo · 14/08/2026 19:06

Can you switch this function off on Samsungs please? Utter cunts this government.

Yeah, you can. I didn't get the alert but DS did. I switched mine off a while ago.

Tableforjoan · 14/08/2026 19:07

I feel that’s a bit over the top. A government alert system should be for something huge not a don’t let off fireworks, don’t have disposable bbqs. Feels a bit nanny state.

Hilariously straight after the alert I got this.

Sesma · 14/08/2026 19:07

No, it's switched off, DH did, there is no wildfire near us though

JenniferBooth · 14/08/2026 19:07

I have two phones One got it The other didnt. Im watching The One Show you could hear theirs.

Wont stop careless fuckers discarding cigarettes

Lunalara · 14/08/2026 19:07

When I first heard it I thought it was the end of the world 😭 Then I saw it was about wildfires and thought there was one nearby. Had two heart attacks in about 5 minutes.

Frumpitydoo · 14/08/2026 19:06

Can you switch this function off on Samsungs please? Utter cunts this government.

StarryNight88 · 14/08/2026 19:06

Andy did say we shouldn't use barbecues. This will teach us.

lovingthebeachlife · 14/08/2026 19:06

scared the life out of me

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:06

BarrShandy · 14/08/2026 19:04

It was horrible. Burnham out 😂

😄 whats sadiq khan doing about this?!

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NewAchievement · 14/08/2026 19:06

Pain in the ass! I’ve switched mine off now

NooNakedJacuzziness · 14/08/2026 19:06

Fecks sake - was visiting a relative in hospital, thought he was flatlining for a sec!!

Pedant61 · 14/08/2026 19:06

Utterly ridiculous. Infantilising nonsense. How the heck do I turn it off for the future?

SmallGoddess · 14/08/2026 19:06

I'm glad I wasn't driving.

Blodyneighbour · 14/08/2026 19:06

Freaked me out too. And I have just used a disposable bbq in a very safe area and was very careful.

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:05

Tapoopoo · 14/08/2026 19:04

Just dont start fires, k hun?

Okay hun

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