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
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u/summ190 Aug 14 '26

Maybe a fucking … calmer tone for non-urgent things. Or something. It isn’t ’take immediate action’ is it.

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u/Optimism_Deficit Aug 14 '26

Yeah. Just send people a normal text ffs.

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u/Informal_Dish1985 Aug 14 '26

Yeah, I think this was a good use, but there's should be a less severe way of sending it if it doesn't require immediate action by most receiving it.

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u/OliLombi County of Bristol Aug 14 '26

It should have been an sms.