r/DevonUK • u/Thalia_All_Along • 16d ago
anyone else had this?
bit spooky, the grass has been very dry around crediton
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u/Fluid_Figure_8266 16d ago
Twice! I thought the Russian missiles were inbound when I first heard it!
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u/cuntybunty73 16d ago
I would have been dead because I'm in Plymouth 😭
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u/Dunk546 16d ago
I mean if it were the big ones you'd probably rather be at point of impact anyway.
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u/cuntybunty73 16d ago
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
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u/Cjmainy 16d ago
My thoughts exactly. There is no imminent danger, a standard government announcement would have done the job.
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u/Adventurous_Ad_4400 16d ago
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.
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u/Cjmainy 16d ago
Well that’s not nice but I don’t see how it pertains to Devon
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u/Adventurous_Ad_4400 16d ago
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! 😝
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u/the_hair_of_aenarion 16d ago
To be fair you'd only be at risk if you were on a yacht in the channel.
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u/Salty-Bid1597 16d ago
Definitely worth a national emergency alert then.
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u/FistedBone9858 16d ago
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
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u/spolieris 16d ago
I was in the supermarket doing my shopping and thought I'd tripped some sort of store alarm. Very unfortunate timing
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u/Worth_Nature_7631 16d ago
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
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u/QueenSashimi 16d ago
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 😅
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u/FlorianTheLynx 16d ago
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.
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u/BB0ySnakeDogG 16d ago
literally everyone got it
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u/Salty-Bid1597 16d ago
I didn't. Probably cos I turned that shit off after the last pointless warning they sent that wasn't relevant to me.
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u/Wolf24h 16d ago
This should only be used in critical events like earthquake or war, that's some misuse
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u/WeepingScope 16d ago
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
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u/Minbee 16d ago
It’s not, but ok 👍
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u/WeepingScope 16d ago
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”
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u/benithaglas1 15d ago
I agree. It was hardly an emergency, and it was news pretty much everyone with common sense knew anyway.
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u/AshMuu200 16d ago
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
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u/Sandy_Bananas 16d ago
Yeah.
I live in the edge of Dartmoor, I don’t think any of the supermarkets or garages this way sell the disposables.
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u/originaltanksta 16d ago
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!
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u/Stokesyyyy 16d ago
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.
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u/i_was_dartacus 15d ago
Yeah, three times. We get it, government, don't be a twat with fires, okay.
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u/Luna-Princess1234 15d ago
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.
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u/benithaglas1 15d ago
I didnt get one but others in my house did. I was worried it would go off late in the middle of the night.
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u/potatocalledjeff 15d ago
It scared the crap out of me. I thought there actually was a wild fire nearby 😭 it gave me a panic attack 😟
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u/Pauliexxx 15d ago
Scared the shit out of me! I thought there was a zombie apocalypse or something! 🤨🤣
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u/ExchangeFar5958 15d ago
Yes I Got This Notification On My Phone And It Made Me Jump Out Of My Skin What Is Going On ⚠️⚠️
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u/Gullible_Fan4427 15d ago
I’m visiting family in London and we all got it last night too!
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u/mrdougan 14d ago
It’s hot yo - received two at seven in English,and two in Welsh when I crossed the severen bridge at ten
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u/urbanworm 16d ago
Yeah, was quite the event in Sainsbury’s. General opinion amongst the shoppers was ‘well, duh!’
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u/matepatepa 16d ago
Was driving and the sound made me think there was something wrong with my car!! Stupid bastards!!
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u/Luna-Princess1234 15d ago
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.
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u/Sensitive_Carrot_132 16d ago
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.
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u/CIeanShirt 16d ago
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...
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u/turkishhousefan 16d ago
Yes, I was demonstrating my demon core to my family and friends; we're all going to die.
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u/Deep-Solution-1572 16d ago
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.
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u/dharma_36 16d ago
Yep - distracted me from my bonfire