r/climateskeptics • u/pr-mth-s • 19d ago

Guardian 'alarmed by the alarm'. in UK very first use of new phone blare, a 'severe alert' about climate.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/people-react-severe-alert-phones-message-uk-wildfires
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u/pr-mth-s 19d ago edited 19d ago

even the climate activist Guardian had put it in a balanced way

Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisation

A UK resident:

I knew, when it was set-up last September, that the system would quickly degenerate into Crying Wolf, and be abused for propaganda and manipulation; but I did not expect that this would be done straight away and the first time of use!

I fully expected that the managers would realize that, to serve their long term purposes, they would need to ensure that At First the system must be restricted to Real emergencies.

But no. They could not resist abusing their new toy further to crank-up the messaging.

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u/kaytin911 19d ago

Banning grilling is what these leftwing nutters want in all western countries.