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

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

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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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lovingthebeachlife · 14/08/2026 19:06

scared the life out of me

StarryNight88 · 14/08/2026 19:06

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

Frumpitydoo · 14/08/2026 19:06

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:07

My mind immediately went to war tbh!

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tilypu · 14/08/2026 19:07

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

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.

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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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MelonSorbet · 14/08/2026 19:08

Thank god I have them switched off!

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?

shellyleppard · 14/08/2026 19:08

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

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

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hotmumshit · 14/08/2026 19:08

I'm still in shock, will need a wine

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beeble347 · 14/08/2026 19:08

Bit of an overreaction no? Yes it was surprising. The wildfires are also serious and it's insane that people are going out to dry grass and shrubland, leaving disposable barbecues and dropping cigarettes.

Though I think the government needs to take much more decisive action on things like the farmers warning of food shortages this year.

Enfrancais · 14/08/2026 19:08

It shouldn't be for information purposes but for actual danger.

Aiming4Optimistic · 14/08/2026 19:08

Mine came through in Welsh first. Which is all very well but quite a lot of us don't actually speak it! If it's that bloody urgent , maybe send the English out at the same time and not a few minutes later!

NovemberMorn · 14/08/2026 19:09

I thought the mobile phone was on the blink.😆

SendforJulietOne · 14/08/2026 19:09

I'm in a pub garden, it went DEAD SILENT