Veteran meteorologist and hurricane expert John Morales breaks down in tears on an NBC Florida broadcast as he warns what's happening with Milton:

William Lindsey :toad:

"This is just horrific. … You know what's driving this. I don't need to tell you. Global warming, climate change leading to this and becoming an increasing threat."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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William Lindsey :toad:

"#Milton rapidly intensified over sea surface temperatures in the Western Gulf of Mexico, which have been made hundreds of times more likely to be anomalously warm due to climate change.”

~ Climate Central quoted by Tara Suter

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4920887-why-experts-scared-hurricane-milton/

William Lindsey :toad:

"A Tampa Bay Times analysis determined that Hurricane Helene was the region’s worst in more than 100 years, fueled by once-in-a-lifetime flooding.

Now here comes Milton, feeding on the warmth of the super-heated gulf waters like a famished vampire."

~ Olivia George

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2024/10/07/horrific-storm-weary-tampa-bay-braces-monster-hurricane-milton/

William Lindsey :toad:

"Milton grew from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a little over a day, fed by water in the Gulf of Mexico that climate change has pushed in some places to 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.2 degrees Celsius) higher than normal. Veteran Florida meteorologist & hurricane specialist John Morales choked up as he called it 'horrific.'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-7-2024

William Lindsey :toad:

"Hurricane Milton spurred meteorologist John Morales to step forward to take a stand, sharing his thoughts after Hurricane Helene hit. 'Something’s shifted,' he wrote. 'And it’s not just the climate.' He noted that with Helene on the way, 'I did what I’ve done during my entire 40 year career—I tried to warn people. Except that the warning was not well received by everyone.'"

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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William Lindsey :toad:

"'A person accused me of being a ‘climate militant,’ a suggestion that I’m embellishing extreme weather threats to drive an agenda. Another simply said that my predictions were ‘an exaggeration.’

'But it wasn’t an exaggeration,' he wrote.

'For decades I had felt in control. Not in control of the weather, of course.'"

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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JustKathy

@wdlindsy

I guess DeSantis will be calling the station to have John Morales fired for going against the Party line, right?

William Lindsey :toad:

"'But in control of the message that, if my audience was prepared and well informed, I could confidently guide them through any weather threat, and we’d all make it through safely…. But no one can hide from the truth. Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme. I must communicate the growing threats from the climate crisis come hell or high water—pun intended.'”

#hurricane #Milton #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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William Lindsey :toad:

"As Hurricane Milton tracks toward Florida's Gulf Coast, conspiracy theories about the storm are already swamping some social media feeds.

I normally wouldn't lead with this — but there are three reasons why this is an abnormal moment in time. First, lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene have literally hindered the recovery effort."

~ Brian Stelter

#hurricane #Milton #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1728392112970207221491501/raw

William Lindsey :toad:

"Some of the lies have come straight from Donald Trump, one of the most trusted politicians in America.

Second, the incentive structures that supported a surge of Helene disinformation (like Elon Musk's X paying people for posting viral lies) aren't changing any time soon."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk
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William Lindsey :toad:

"It's not just no-name accounts with potentially foreign fingerprints getting in on the action — public figures with big followings are doing it too.

Third, Milton is a genuinely unusual hurricane, and anything unusual spawns confusion and conspiracy-theorizing. But the ugly murmurs about mysterious forces manipulating the weather are next-level wacky."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk
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Tribune

@wdlindsy

https://media.union.place/media_attachments/files/113/272/097/443/842/924/original/bfaeda284353bf82.jpg

William Lindsey :toad:

The headline of Vivian Ho's news roundup in The Guardian this morning:

"Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida as Trump spreads falsehoods."

She writes,

"As Florida prepared for Milton and recovery efforts continued in five other states hit hard by Helene, Kamala Harris urged politicians to stop 'playing games' with lives at stake,"

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #KamalaHarris
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/first-thing-hurricane-milton-barrels-toward-florida-trump-falsehoods

William Lindsey :toad:

"as the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, reportedly refused her calls and Donald Trump and his supporters spread misinformation that there was no money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema)."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #KamalaHarris #DeSantis
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William Lindsey :toad:

"At this point, it’s a safe bet that if a Republican tells you anything about Hurricanes Helene or Milton, you should assume it’s a lie until you’ve verified it five times."

~ Evan Hurst

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/all-28-days-between-now-and-the-election

William Lindsey :toad:

"The GOP would rather sacrifice the lives of its own base and spread deadly disinformation to 'own the libs' than provide relief during a 'life-threatening' Category 5 Hurricane with 190-mph winds that threatens 15 million people across the Florida Peninsula."

~ Wajahat Ali

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-offers-dont-look-up-during

William Lindsey :toad:

"On this one issue of climate change alone, Trump and the GOP deserve to lose every single election. But, we live in America where white grievance, disinformation, and 'both sides' false equivalency die hard."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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William Lindsey :toad:

"At a time when the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) should be focusing on helping victims of Helene and preparing for Milton, it is having to expend energy to battle an insidious deluge: Donald Trump’s disinformation."

~ Dan Rather

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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https://steady.substack.com/p/a-hurricane-of-lies

William Lindsey :toad:

"I want to make sure everyone understands the distinction between misinformation, which is an unintentional omission or untruth, and disinformation, deliberately misleading information with the intent to manipulate. Though you may see the words used interchangeably, they shouldn’t be."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Conspiracists and cranks have been around as long as humans have walked this earth. What’s different now is two elements. The first is that they increasingly occupy positions of power and have been given platforms to more widely spread their insanity."

~ Andrew Egger

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/do-we-dare-call-it-fascism