Wildfire alert backfires as public blocks all government warnings
josephcsible
14 points
5 comments
August 16, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
squidbeak
Never keen to exceed my low expectations of it, the Telegraph doesn't offer any data in support of its claim (ie that the public blocks all government warnings). The article rests on the indignation of a public policy analyst, a journalist and a group of X users. Typically wretched stuff from a formerly great broadsheet that these days is only reliable in organizing rabid pile-ons and hounding people to their deaths.
lithos
I turned mine off permanently after spending time in New Jersey, that region positively spammed them.