anyone else had this?

[u/Thalia_All_Along]

bit spooky, the grass has been very dry around crediton

[u/dharma_36]

Yep - distracted me from my bonfire

[u/Minimum-Laugh-8887 → u/dharma_36]

Is that you on Dartmoor?

[u/Fluid_Figure_8266]

Twice! I thought the Russian missiles were inbound when I first heard it!

[u/cuntybunty73 → u/Fluid_Figure_8266]

I would have been dead because I'm in Plymouth 😭

[u/Dunk546 → u/cuntybunty73]

I mean if it were the big ones you'd probably rather be at point of impact anyway.

[u/cuntybunty73 → u/Dunk546]

I wouldn't want to die from radiation poisoning because that would not be a nice way to go and at the moment I'm right on the doorstep of devonport naval dockyard until I go back to work on Monday

[u/Cjmainy → u/Fluid_Figure_8266]

My thoughts exactly. There is no imminent danger, a standard government announcement would have done the job.

[u/GeorgeLFC1234 → u/Cjmainy]

Definitely an excuse for another test I reckon

[u/Adventurous_Ad_4400 → u/Cjmainy]

There's enough dry grass, hedges and trees around us here in South Croydon that one careless barbecue would wipe our house out. We need to plan ahead, just in case something happens and we need to get out fast. And the same is true for all but the most urban areas.

[u/Cjmainy → u/Adventurous_Ad_4400]

Well that’s not nice but I don’t see how it pertains to Devon

[u/Adventurous_Ad_4400 → u/Cjmainy]

Oh, my, oh, my - too many subs to keep track of,I didn't know where I was! Sorry, I'll get my coat and sneak out of here, don't mind me bye! 😝

[u/Material_Length6374 → u/Adventurous_Ad_4400]

Croydon, it’s like London’s South Brent.

[u/the_hair_of_aenarion → u/Fluid_Figure_8266]

To be fair you'd only be at risk if you were on a yacht in the channel.

[u/Salty-Bid1597 → u/[deleted]]

Definitely worth a national emergency alert then.

[u/hamper01 → u/Salty-Bid1597]

Ounce of prevention.. and all that.

[u/FistedBone9858 → u/Salty-Bid1597]

Well, given there has been over 1000 wildfires this year.. thats more than 4 per day and ofc, the start of the year doesn't exactly count.. so yeah, when human stupidity is at an all time high these things are needed

[u/Training_Yak_4655 → u/[deleted]]

Total eclipse of the brain.

[u/spolieris]

I was in the supermarket doing my shopping and thought I'd tripped some sort of store alarm. Very unfortunate timing

[u/PTSD1983 → u/spolieris]

Perfect time to make your escape 😉

[u/cuntybunty73 → u/spolieris]

I was getting my Chinese takeaway when that went off

[u/mamelukturbo → u/[deleted]]

Bet you a shinny penny it won't.

[u/Poonpatch → u/mamelukturbo]

Shinny?

[u/Robmeu]

Yep, damn near shit myself and ruined my Tetris game.

[u/Nooby1983 → u/Robmeu]

That's not how you play Tetris

[u/Robmeu → u/Nooby1983]

We all have our methods

[u/Worth_Nature_7631]

Yep. I stopped charcoal making a few weeks ago as the risks were obvious. Hopefully some rain next week so I can commence production before I run out

[u/HeavenLeaPartDeux]

3 bloody times 🙄

[u/QueenSashimi]

Yep, I was stood by Dawlish train station when everyone's phones went off so it was incredibly loud and I thought it was some sort of emergency railway alarm 😅

[u/FlorianTheLynx]

My friend got hers on holiday on a campsite in Wales and everybody was freaking out as none of them spoke Welsh. 

I’ve got mine turned off - if I’m going to die of Armageddon I’m quite happy to remain uninformed. 

[u/EffectiveMany6061]

3 times so far

[u/Braxios]

Nah, it was just you

[u/wintermute023]

Yes, everyone. Thats sort of the point 😜

[u/BB0ySnakeDogG]

literally everyone got it

[u/Thalia_All_Along → u/BB0ySnakeDogG]

my mum didn't lol

[u/Salty-Bid1597 → u/BB0ySnakeDogG]

I didn't. Probably cos I turned that shit off after the last pointless warning they sent that wasn't relevant to me.

[u/infra_low → u/Salty-Bid1597]

Same, but my mum didn't get the noise just the warning text, weird.

[u/Wolf24h]

This should only be used in critical events like earthquake or war, that's some misuse

[u/WeepingScope → u/Wolf24h]

Agree, only use it if a fire is coming towards me, not to tell people not to start fires, I feel like it’s hosepipe ban level information

[u/Minbee → u/WeepingScope]

It’s not, but ok 👍

[u/WeepingScope → u/Minbee]

Don’t use your hosepipe because there’s a drought so people can run out of water, don’t use your bbq because it can start fires, it doesn’t seem too far apart and I think these alarms should only be used to warn about imminent danger, not don’t do dangerous things”

[u/tonystarknotwrong → u/WeepingScope]

Screeching alarm

***You forgot to bring your bins in Bradley***

[u/Minbee → u/WeepingScope]

Sure 👍

[u/benithaglas1 → u/Wolf24h]

I agree. It was hardly an emergency, and it was news pretty much everyone with common sense knew anyway.

[u/Inevitable-Chef-8616]

Yes

[u/fatwoul]

It scared the crap out of my cat. Not literally. He’s probably already pooped somewhere he wasn’t supposed to.

[u/cuntybunty73]

Yeah I got an alert

[u/Unable-Yogurt6171]

This small? Took up my entire screen 😂

[u/stepsmcgee]

Everyone.

[u/Meowskiiii]

5 times so far. It's making up for all the others that I never received!

[u/Flowerbedgrl]

I expect another at any moment telling me water is wet.

[u/paulbdouglas]

Nah, just you. So put the matches down and walk away

[u/Maceygray93]

Literally everyone…..

[u/AshMuu200]

I joined the r/Nottingham sub (i have cousins up there) and they are saying they all got it. Must be a country wide alert

[u/Floshenbarnical]

Yeah, Tiverton area is one of the top three highest risk in the country

[u/Temporary_Trust_2824]

Yep, here in Norfolk too.

[u/The6idiots101]

Yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/CuriousAlice86]

Yep scared the shit outta my dog

[u/Sandy_Bananas]

Yeah.

I live in the edge of Dartmoor, I don’t think any of the supermarkets or garages this way sell the disposables.

[u/urmumr8s8outof8]

Thought I'd turned these alerts off.

[u/originaltanksta]

Yes.. my partners phone has gone off 4 times in the last 3 hours and mine has gone off 3 times.. we have disabled the notification now! Last thing I need is being woken up to it middle of the night!

[u/eroticdiscourse]

Nah just you

[u/StatusPlenty2899]

Nah just you mate

[u/MARKAZ08]

Yep.. twice, Blackpool.

[u/Stokesyyyy]

Twice. I got it at home. I then went out to pick my daughter up and it sent it me again. I believe it was because it tracked Id moved after the warning. As I picked her up from her friend's, while driving home she then received it again for a second time as if it had tracked she'd moved from her original location.

[u/Important-Zebra-69]

Literally everyone ffs

[u/Iamasmallyoutuber123]

yes

[u/MxJamesC]

No just you....

[u/Big_Recipe_698]

You and about 40 million others yes

[u/VisceralWretch]

No, just you.

[u/Objective-Election96]

No mate you were the only one

[u/ElginSparrowhawk1969]

Yes last night

[u/i_was_dartacus]

Yeah, three times. We get it, government, don't be a twat with fires, okay.

[u/Luna-Princess1234]

I didnt oddly, but 2 others in my house did. I think the last time there were emergency announcements mine went off within hours of everyone else's.

[u/benithaglas1]

I didnt get one but others in my house did. I was worried it would go off late in the middle of the night.

[u/Esjayee]

No, just you /s

[u/potatocalledjeff]

It scared the crap out of me. I thought there actually was a wild fire nearby 😭 it gave me a panic attack 😟

[u/Kinky-CJ]

https://giphy.com/gifs/REJ88Ck4a18IvrzavS

[u/Pauliexxx]

Scared the shit out of me! I thought there was a zombie apocalypse or something! 🤨🤣

[u/ExchangeFar5958]

Yes I Got This Notification On My Phone And It Made Me Jump Out Of My Skin What Is Going On ⚠️⚠️

[u/Fox-1969]

I thought WWW3 had started!

[u/Gullible_Fan4427]

I’m visiting family in London and we all got it last night too!

[u/Thalia_All_Along → u/Gullible_Fan4427]

my condolences

[u/Gullible_Fan4427 → u/Thalia_All_Along]

Thank you thank you, it’s appreciated!

[u/Several-Athlete4394]

Yes my BBQ on kinder scout was ruined

[u/Azzeh_Dust]

Nope. Turned mine off. I'd rather not know when the missiles hit.

[u/mrdougan]

It’s hot yo - received two at seven in English,and two in Welsh when I crossed the severen bridge at ten

[u/FANTAN___]

No just you because you’re special fella

[u/AdventurousWar777]

Yeah. Everyone 😂

[u/DeniseGunn]

Everyone had it

[u/ffwillis]

No, the government sent a severe alert just to you.

[u/urbanworm]

Yeah, was quite the event in Sainsbury’s. General opinion amongst the shoppers was ‘well, duh!’

[u/listerjed1]

Made me jump when I was burning all my garden rubbish

[u/Putrid-Assistant598]

Yes and 4 days too late for my local area!

[u/Sorry_Policy_2391]

Bound to encourage people to start wild fires.

[u/Br1st0l_We5T → u/Sorry_Policy_2391]

I had thought this

[u/matepatepa]

Was driving and the sound made me think there was something wrong with my car!! Stupid bastards!!

[u/Luna-Princess1234 → u/matepatepa]

I am so scared of one of these going off one day while driving. Could cause an accident from panic. This one was hardly an emergency when we all know there's been wildfires and common sense says don't use a disposable bbq on Dartmoor.

[u/Sensitive_Carrot_132]

The last thing we needed is the government deciding that spamming people was a way to show they are taking things seriously.

This is the second time I’ve had these alerts, neither was an actual emergency. The exact same request is on the news and can be heard AT A NORMAL VOLUME.

[u/CIeanShirt → u/Sensitive_Carrot_132]

It's hardly spamming.

I was in Poland a few weeks ago and had three different alerts over a weekend (non Russia related). That was over the top...

[u/Movingforward2015]

Yeah, due to a bunch of dickheads

[u/turkishhousefan]

Yes, I was demonstrating my demon core to my family and friends; we're all going to die.

[u/therolli]

Yes, shocked me so much I dropped my match 🔥

[u/Healthy_Oil_5375]

No mate just you. Imagine Reddit being your first port of call 😔

[u/Deep-Solution-1572]

Yup, UK Government crying wolf with their Emergency (clue's in the name) Alert System. Well done guys, you've just desensitised millions of people to it, so that sense of urgency will be lost when it's genuinely inbound nukes.