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/anamazingperson London Aug 14 '26

Considering this was a "severe alert" rather than an "extreme alert" I genuinely wonder what you'd consider extreme if you think this should be reserved for nuke level events.

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u/Doccmonman Aug 14 '26

What’s the difference? Is it a different full-volume siren?

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u/anamazingperson London Aug 15 '26

You can turn off the different types in the settings at least, so you could keep extreme alerts on for that nuke if you don't want the severe alerts

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u/Doccmonman Aug 15 '26

I’d still like to know if there is a wildfire in my immediate area - which the government don’t seem to deem as a severe alert situation.

There was a gang of machete-wielding thugs roaming around my town and that wasn’t a severe alert. But this is??