Government alert?!?!

[hotmumshit]

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

Really freaked me out

Terrified the life out of me!

Just popped up, scared the life out of me!

Turning off my cooker 😩

Just about died.

Nearly jumped out my skin…… it’s for wildfires. What scary times we live in.

Turned them off now! Horrid

I’ve had a couple before with storms. first nationwide though probably!

I literally felt scared!

Yes, I thought something really bad must be happening...

Oh wow, where are you?

Definitely must be first nationwide one

Cant even put on BBC news as autistic dd is more tetchy than usual and wants hey duggee

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

Just dont start fires, k hun?

It was horrible. Burnham out 😂

Holy moly, scared the life out of me!

Damn. Given my work phone went off before my personal one, my first thought was that the hospital had finally found a way to send crash calls directly to our phones, and I needed to leg it in. Glad it wasn't!

Yes

Theres a fire at a hotel in Wembly, London

There was one for flooding in Manchester New Year 2024/25. I think that was the first use of the system “in anger”, but this may be the first national one.

I jumped out of my skin.

Okay hun

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

I'm glad I wasn't driving.

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

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

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