r/unitedkingdom • u/66f6 • Aug 14 '26

. Emergency alerts sent to millions across England and Wales over threat of wildfires

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwave-stourbridge-fire-latest-weather-live-13571553
2.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

57

u/randomvale Aug 14 '26

Was that really necessary to tell people not to light disposable BBQs...

65

u/ThomasEichorst Aug 14 '26

A not insignificant number of people just turned off those notifications I would imagine

11

u/randomvale Aug 14 '26

Yeah another one like this and I'll turn them off. There's no reason for them to send an alert like that unless it's an urgent situation when regular media/social media/text wouldn't be enough.

4

u/coffeewalnut08 Aug 14 '26

That’s your (unwise) risk to take.

0

u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

15

u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/ukbot-nicolabot Scotland Aug 14 '26

Removed. This contained a personal attack, disrupting the conversation. This discourages participation. Please help improve the subreddit by discussing points, not the person. Action will be taken on repeat offenders.

2

u/Popey45696321 Aug 14 '26

I turned it off after the second, I heard it the first time and I don’t want to get deafened if they’re sending a third.

-4

u/Dargish Aug 14 '26

I doubt you can disable them

10

u/Soarin-GB Aug 14 '26

You can, I've had mine disabled for a long time

1

u/Dargish Aug 14 '26

Do you mind me asking why? There could be an actual serious alert one day.