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Original poster

When the alert went off, be honest, did you think the Russia had launched one?

217 replies

Tping · 14/08/2026 23:47

When the alert went off did you, for a fraction of a second, think Vlad had finally snapped and pressed the button?

Disappointing if he had because I if I’d known, I’d have added more loo roll to the Tesco delivery.

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UsernameHoarder · 14/08/2026 23:59

I thought terrorist attack and was a bit reluctant to read it. I was quite surprised by my reaction tbh!

I was relieved when I did read it. (5 seconds later)

WhatAMarvelousTune · 14/08/2026 23:59

I was in Boots with my headphones in and it took me a second to realise it was phones making the noise rather than a fire alarm. And then when I did realise it was the emergency alert, I was more focused on making it stop than actually reading the message.

Ozozozie · 14/08/2026 23:59

I was upstairs when my phone went off . I wasn’t bothered, it was stating the obvious to people who haven’t got common sense !

geumsun · 14/08/2026 23:58

My first thought was that a missile was on route, yes. Hadn't entirely pinned it on Russia, maybe 95%.

daisyydaisyy · 14/08/2026 23:58

I thought it was coming from someone’s house and I was worried there was something wrong. DPs phone went off an hour later with the same thing again, whereas I only had the one. It made me jump but I didn’t think we were 2 milliseconds to midnight

kookieCrumbles · 14/08/2026 23:57

For a couple of seconds I thought there was an attack on the UK.

Oxo01 · 14/08/2026 23:57

I thought it was saying my phone was over heated as just fully charged it.

QuothTheRavenista · 14/08/2026 23:57

No.

Not at all.

TalkToTheHand123 · 14/08/2026 23:56

I thought I had a computer virus.

PrincessofWills · 14/08/2026 23:56

No I assumed it was a nuke by Trump . . .

Potooooooooes · 14/08/2026 23:55

Twoshoesnewshoes · 14/08/2026 23:51

No I assumed Dartmoor was on fire

Same but Long Mynd.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 14/08/2026 23:51

No I assumed Dartmoor was on fire

Original poster
Tping · 14/08/2026 23:51

No, me neither.

I do think the ring tone should be an air raid siren though.

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NuffSaidSam · 14/08/2026 23:51

No, didn't cross my mind.

I did for a second think there might have been a terrorist attack as I was on the tube when it off and everyone was a bit panicked!

BitterTits · 14/08/2026 23:50

Nope.

user293948849167 · 14/08/2026 23:50

No

rainbowunicorn · 14/08/2026 23:49

No.

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