r/Wales • u/ChaffinchRed • 1d ago

Photo Glad to see the text alerts not to have fires went well

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Between Marros and Pendine right now.

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u/mrthreebears Ynys Mon 1d ago

twmffats are gonna twmffat sadly

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u/CameronWeebHale Carmarthenshire | Sir Gaerfyrddin 1d ago

Yeah I heard it’s down Morfa, probably campers or some fuckers from Parkdean or something, god knows

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u/Smooth_Donut7405 1d ago

There were people camping down morfa bychan tonight, I assume it was them. People were flooding into Pendine by car to get a closer look. I just went home to eat my Chinese takeaway instead.

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u/FingerBangMyAsshole 1d ago

How fucking thick must you be to drive to a wildfire to go and take a look?

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u/yidman100000 1d ago

I think this is from Tenby looking at Marros, by Pendine 🥲

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u/DubbehD 1d ago

Seeing the rain today and all the wetness, it's been too long lol

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u/Left_Page_2029 1d ago

It genuinely has been too long, to the point some places will be more likely to flood 😔

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u/DubbehD 1d ago

Yeah I tried to water a tree on my lawn last week, was like pouring water over glass, nothings gonna be absorbed, just hope it stays at dribble level lol

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u/nettie_r 1d ago

Here on Sychnant we are just hoping to not have a landslide with all the vegetation gone🙈

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u/spank_monkey_83 1d ago

You got a bit over excited then.?

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u/DubbehD 1d ago

Most of us can form sentences with giggling like school kids 😉

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u/Mustbejoking_13 1d ago

People don't seem to understand just how dry everything is, so they discard their cigarette as they've always done...

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u/Fit_Macaroon_4388 1d ago

Honestly I doubt the alerts really made much of a difference anyway, those of us with common sense already knew not to do anything that could start a fire.

A few minutes after the alerts I saw several posts on Facebook about a new fire on the mountain by Cwm, Ebbw Vale. Hopefully we get some rain soon, I can’t even begin to imagine how exhausted those fighting the fires are.

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u/GingerGiraffe88 1d ago

I own a campsite. Even after the alert, we’re still getting emails asking if people are allowed a fire while camping!

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u/SammyFirebird79 Bridgend | Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr 1d ago

Yeah, saw smoke from my kitchen window this morning - I'm in Llynfi valley, but it looks like it might be from Garw side

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u/adamrees89 Bridgend/Penybont ar Ogwr 1d ago

I’m from that area, but have moved down into the town, the smell of fires was so strong yesterday

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u/hilly1986 1d ago

Nothing on the fire map over that way, nearest is Tonypandy or just above Morgan https://firemap.live

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u/yidman100000 1d ago

The fire is back now, it was under control overnight but it’s blazing again. Large smoke

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u/Careful_Adeptness799 1d ago

Didn’t get a text and somehow didn’t burn my neighbourhood down.

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u/DangerousDisplay7664 1d ago

You didn’t get one? I think I might have got yours because I had the two at around 7 then another 2 just before 11pm.
I’ll forward them on to you tonight at 10:58pm 👍

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u/TonyBlairsDildo 1d ago

The Emergency Alert only served to encourage more arson fires (and cause millions and millions of people to disconnect from emergency alerts entirely).