Meteorologists Facing Death Threats In Wake of Recent Hurricanes

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Meteorologists are also facing threats as conspiracy theories swirl in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Guardian’s Oliver Milman reports: Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even death threats, amid what they say is an unprecedented surge in misinformation as two major hurricanes have hit the US.

The extent of the misinformation, which has been stoked by Donald Trump and his followers, has been such that it has stymied the ability to help hurricane-hit communities, according to the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).

Katie Nickolaou, a Michigan-based meteorologist, said that she and her colleagues have borne the brunt of much of these conspiracies, having received messages claiming there are category 6 hurricanes (there aren’t), that meteorologists or the government are creating and directing hurricanes (they aren’t) and even that scientists should be killed and radar equipment be demolished. “I’ve never seen a storm garner so much misinformation, we have just been putting out fires of wrong information everywhere,” Nickolaou said.
-Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...threats-hurricane-conspiracies-misinformation

 

[Dead2009]

I've seen nothing coming from Trump that's even suggested he started the cat 6 hurricane thing.

 

[Daltonio]

This country is fucked beyond repair. How did we get to this point?
The same people who believe climate change doesn't exist now believe the government can summon a hurricane, lol