Meteorologists studying hurricanes are receiving death threats and their equipment and facilities risk being targeted after Trump and Co’s disinformation blitz for Helene and Milton. The Guardian (UK) reports that meteorologists as far from Florida as Michigan are being accused of creating and controlling the hurricanes. One message said“Stop the breathing of those that made them and their affiliates.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/11/meteorologists-death-threats-hurricane-conspiracies-misinformation[Image credit: VIIRS imagery from the NOAA-21 Satellite - EOSDIS Worldview, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153652943]

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2024 12:40 UTC