#emergencyalert — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.gov.uk/alerts/opting-out

#EmergencyAlert #ExtremeAlert #SevereAlert

Academic John Ritzema called it a “massive overreach” and said the alert system should be “be for ‘drop everything and prepare for something terrible’ situations”, something Coffey echoed, saying alerts should not become commonplace to avoid “Peter cries wolf situations”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/people-react-severe-alert-phones-message-uk-wildfires

#EmergencyAlert #ExtremeAlert #SevereAlert

Rather than anyone on #UK soil receiving an #emergencyalert on their mobile about bbqs, it's #ThamesWater management who should receive them every time there is #leak. Taken today opposite #Brixton station. Another one is up #BrixtonHill, leaking for over 8 days on the worst #drought in 190 years. In the same week, ThamesWater DOUBLED my bill and awarded their CFO £1m "signing fee", circumnavigating the existing ban on performance-related #bonuses.

#waterutilities #water #nationalisation

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@unchartedworlds/117095449603547769

My thoughts exactly and I will add similar feedback. Also want to point out that the message sent to those of us #Wales is NOT sent by the Welsh Government but by the UK government.
#EmergencyAlert

#UK Need to keep a hidden phone silent from Government Alert to protect yourself?

While it is recommended that the alerts should be kept on if at all possible, those with a secret device can opt out via their phone’s settings.

On iOS devices, enter the ‘notifications’ tab & switch off ‘severe alerts’ and ‘extreme alerts’.

Those with an android device should search for ‘emergency alert’ before using the toggle to switch it off.
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#EmergencyAlert
#DomesticViolence
#UKWildFires
#PhoneSafety

A #teletext recreation of tonight's #emergencyalert

Back in the day, could Ceefax and/or Oracle have replaced every transmitted page with an alert so it would have appeared no matter what page you selected?

@Cyclist @BicycleBen

4 of us got alerts. 4 didn't. They were on iPhone/Giffgaff.

Last time my parner all of 2 feet away got an alert. I didn't. Identical phones - same network.

Still work to be done to get a truly nstional emergency alert system working.

#emergencyalert #EmergencyAlertSystem

People are criticising the government for the #EmergencyAlert but if it gets my neighbour to stop having a nightly fire pit, which they leave burning when they go to bed, then it has my support!

Seriously, some people have zero common sense and need things hammering into them with an oversized sledgehammer.

In case you want to see the message again, or want to disable the alerts on a secret phone:

On my Samsung Galaxy

Settings → Safety and Emergency → Wireless Emergency Alerts

Then there are options to enable/disable them and also Emergency Alert History.

#uk #alert #emergencyalert #samsung

@BicycleBen

Whoever was reading the radio news bulletin must've had their phone in the studio with them 😂

#EmergencyAlert

So we all got that fun emergency alert, right?

🔥 #Gloucester #Gloucestershire #UKWeather #Heatwave #EmergencyAlert

It is absolutely wild that the all clear notification comes in with the same alert siren that the original emergency issue did.

That is not doing anything to help anyone's anxiety.

#NovaScotia #Halifax #EmergencyAlert

For folk in Australia

If you have a hidden phone that you need to keep hidden for your own safety then turn the phone off for the #AusAlert test on Monday 27 July 2026

Everyone else... wouldn't it be nice to know that you can receive area emergency warnings?
You know like for:
Bushfires
Cyclones
Serious storms
⚠️ 📱 📣

#Australia #EmergencyAlert
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