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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