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Did you also instinctively dismiss the alert to silence the noise only to find the message closes? (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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Not sure I have the time or equipment to start a wildfire myself.

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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I’m English but live in Wales so got the alert in Welsh. Panicking trying to google translate Welsh to English thinking World War 3 might have kicked off.

Only to find it’s just “been a bit dry mate, maybe don’t start any fires”. Well there goes my weekend plans.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hope no ones burner phone or secret phone has been discovered.

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yep. Had to go find the history in settings to actually read it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That is a really useful tip, thanks.

    On my Samsung Android phone it was under:

    Settings > safety and emergency > wireless emergency alerts > emergency alert history

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Depending on your flavor of Android, you can also see it in the standard notification history without having to go into any settings or menus. There's a little history icon on the bottom left of Pixel phone notification shade, for example.

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I got it earlier, but it's just popped up again this minute.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Yes. This happens all.the.time in Canada with our pathetically bad and non-granular system. A child is late coming home from his dad's house and we know about it 3000 km away all snug in our beds. I half expect to see

    "Country-wide alert: whoever is stealing my muffin from the break-room fridge is gonna get in trouble"

    ..or something equally local.

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    [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT: Bit hot innit?

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