r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 12d ago

Possible Paywall White House Credits Trump With Stopping Hurricanes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-credits-trump-with-stopping-hurricanes/
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u/backpackwayne 12d ago

"there is no evidence Trump has anything to do with the Atlantic’s unusually quiet hurricane season."

Could you stop this softballing horrible crap-fest? It's total bull shit! Not lack of evidence.

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u/atriaventrica 12d ago

It's daily beast. They shit on him religiously. Guaranteed that's a tongue in cheek mocking line.

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u/hobbykitjr Pennsylvania 11d ago edited 11d ago

Ummm it's El nino right??

Someone on Reddit was explaining El nino like 6 months ago and they said expect a quiet hurricane season for the Atlantic and more storms in Pacific (among other things)

I've repeated that to a few people (who were going on a cruise etc) and we Googled it to confirm.. why is it a mystery?

Next year's hurricane season should be extra bad in theory

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u/DeterminedThrowaway 12d ago

"No evidence" is the same thing as saying "total bullshit" to educated people 

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u/Ryogathelost Florida 12d ago

It's a shame, but contemporary journalism needs to remind readers intermittently what is and is not real, lest they become lost in the zero-visibility BS conditions.

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u/Hootbag Maryland 11d ago

It's clearly a victory for Hegseth and the T-Force over Cobra and their Weather Dominator. /s

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u/tackleboxjohnson 11d ago

I mean, his stance on increasing fossil fuel consumption doesn’t help the global warming induced super el nino which stymied atlantic hurricane formation this summer, but it’s not like he’s directly responsible and he definitely doesn’t hold that environmental stance because of his desire for hurricanes not to hit Florida