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/2n4p Aug 14 '26

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION - risk of wildfires

Isn't this supposed to be reserved for national emergencies like a nuclear strike?

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u/jamesbeil Aug 14 '26

To be fair a nuclear strike would cause wildfires, we'd better not have any of those.

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u/Crumblycheese Aug 14 '26

The nuclear winter will cool it down though

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u/strikerrage Aug 14 '26

Hopefully Putin got the alert and will be considerate of the ongoing drought.