Mac1958
Diamond Member
This is just getting worse. This is a madness, a group pathology. How bad will this get, especially when it's being pushed by "leaders"?
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 arenât), that meteorologists or the government are creating and directing hurricanes (they arenât) and even that scientists should be killed and radar equipment be demolished.
âIâve never seen a storm garner so much misinformation, we have just been putting out fires of wrong information everywhere,â Nickolaou said.
âI have had a bunch of people saying I created and steered the hurricane, there are people assuming we control the weather. I have had to point out that a hurricane has the energy of 10,000 nuclear bombs and we canât hope to control that. But itâs taken a turn to more violent rhetoric, especially with people saying those who created Milton should be killed.â
One post aimed at Nickolaou said: âStop the breathing of those that made them and their affiliates.â She responded: âMurdering meteorologists wonât stop hurricanes. I canât believe I just had to type that.â
âPeople have called me a plethora of curse words, people telling me to shut up and sit down, people who think itâs OK to take out Doppler radar because they think it is controlling the weather,â Nickolaou said. âIt is eating up a lot of work and free time to deal with all of this. Itâs very tiring.â
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 arenât), that meteorologists or the government are creating and directing hurricanes (they arenât) and even that scientists should be killed and radar equipment be demolished.
âIâve never seen a storm garner so much misinformation, we have just been putting out fires of wrong information everywhere,â Nickolaou said.
âI have had a bunch of people saying I created and steered the hurricane, there are people assuming we control the weather. I have had to point out that a hurricane has the energy of 10,000 nuclear bombs and we canât hope to control that. But itâs taken a turn to more violent rhetoric, especially with people saying those who created Milton should be killed.â
One post aimed at Nickolaou said: âStop the breathing of those that made them and their affiliates.â She responded: âMurdering meteorologists wonât stop hurricanes. I canât believe I just had to type that.â
âPeople have called me a plethora of curse words, people telling me to shut up and sit down, people who think itâs OK to take out Doppler radar because they think it is controlling the weather,â Nickolaou said. âIt is eating up a lot of work and free time to deal with all of this. Itâs very tiring.â
âItâs mindblowingâ: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans
www.theguardian.com
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