Just 33 of the smartest, funniest, snarkiest reactions to the Government Emergency Alert text about wildfires
17.
Can’t help but feel the government should probably have a text alert noise that is at least slightly different for “don’t use a disposable barbecue for a bit, please” and “NUCLEAR WAR HAS BEGUN”.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) August 14, 2026
18.
I just jumped out of my skin at that emergency alert pic.twitter.com/SDFqfLC1nN
— JustRandomThoughts (@randomstuffxzxz) August 14, 2026
19.
I thought Putin finally pressed the red button. Meanwhile, it was just the government saying “no babacue”
— The Akyem Prince. (@MrBenjaminB) August 14, 2026
20.
That wildfire alert was completely ridiculous. Totally pointlessly alarming. Whoever agreed to that should be fired!
— Sam Bowman (@s8mb) August 14, 2026
21.
THE EMERGENCY ALERT pic.twitter.com/eDMU2xvvkj
— Will (@IAMWILLS_) August 14, 2026
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Andy Burnham having a play around with the emergency alert systems pic.twitter.com/OYisQotkeb
— joshua ♈︎ ❤️ (@jjoshuwer) August 14, 2026
23.
“Shat” trending in the UK after the alert is absolutely sending me looool pic.twitter.com/DZTBmjn7jR
— Shelbie (@_shelbie97) August 14, 2026
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People cruising along in cars as that #severalert reached their phones.#wildfires pic.twitter.com/9yRPsVYxgA
— Jay (@JibbaJabb) August 14, 2026
25.
that emergency alert nearly killed me pic.twitter.com/h456tUdyJD
— (@deirdrescig) August 14, 2026
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Andy Burnham using the UK emergency alert system to send everyone in the country a picture of a bread roll with the text “what do you call this? “
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) August 14, 2026
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The guys in jail with phones are pissed, that government alert came out of nowhere
— NBA (@Gio45ive) August 14, 2026
28.
The UK emergency alert telling everyone to cook inside instead of on disposable BBQs. pic.twitter.com/KEOcQyMiq9
— Grace (@graceyldn) August 14, 2026
29.
We need graded threat alerts tbh. This one should have been a series of chimes indicating mild dread. Play some Debussy once in a while to signify all is well https://t.co/8DJYrhXa0U
— Ella Dorn 唐棠 (@elladorn_) August 14, 2026
30.
People complaining about a notification from their democratically-elected government asking them to do the right thing, but don’t complain about notifications from apps that harvest their personal data owned by unelected foreign billionaires.
— Guy Walters (@guywalters) August 14, 2026
31.
not to be a pick me but has anyone else had two alerts
— Oli Dugmore (@OliDugmore) August 14, 2026
32.
Enjoying the idea of people being sat in the cinema deeply engrossed in the film when that alert went off
— Dave (@davejmcn) August 14, 2026
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Me getting the unexpected emergency warning pic.twitter.com/zFJlZu9s3e
— Hasan (@curryinahurry22) August 14, 2026