# Drudge, Limbaugh accuse hurricanes of liberal bias **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817 "2016-10-07T01:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/21 "2016-10-07T16:26:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > You know that choas theory says that a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane a thousand miles away? Well, Obama has that butterfly in a cage on his nightstand. Even worse, imagine what Trump by flapping his lips is going to cause! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/22 "2016-10-07T18:50:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Isn’t it a fact that the hurricane blew directly from Kenya? No, no, no, no. It was Hawaii. It came from Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/23 "2016-10-07T18:58:13Z")
Which hurricanes are a liberal plot, promoted by the lying liberal media to get money for slacker scientists, and which hurricanes are sent directly by God as a punishment to the heathen gay liberals? SO confused now. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/24 "2016-10-07T19:22:30Z")
The right has memes of Obama dressed up as a witch doctor. So it makes sense, witch doctors can control the weather. That makes Obama a communist Muslim animist. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/25 "2016-10-07T19:35:08Z")
Say there was some sort of liberal cabal of scientists who desperately needed the public to believe in climate change and would employ any draconian plot to serve their purposes, including lying about the threat of hurricanes. What’s in it for them? More grant money? Liberal Cabal Scientist #1: Hey, there’s a hurricane heading towards Florida. Liberal Cabal Scientist #2: Well don’t just stand there, man! Inflate its speed and destructive power so the sheep will get scared into pressuring the government for more funding. We’ve got our New World Order to maintain after all. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/26 "2016-10-07T19:41:33Z")
Of all people, Drudge and Limbaugh should know about the [Waffle House Index](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/07/hurricane-matthew-is-so-scary-even-waffle-house-is-evacuating/). ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/27 "2016-10-07T20:12:58Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > I’m surprised they’re not telling us the whole truth: that there were no hurricanes before Obama got into office. Hey, buddy, there was only _one_ Hurricane Katrina when Obama came up to bat. He’s had at least seven more by some counts. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/28 "2016-10-07T22:42:40Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, it is complicated, most of the media do get it wrong; scientists are not saying that climate change causes an specific hurricane. Only that the odds are changing for how often they pop up. And currently there is the curve ball that at this stage of the warming hurricanes could come less often\*\* but be more intense than before\*\*. Well, [it didn’t take long](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/opinions/sutter-hurricane-matthew-climate-change/index.html) for Hurricane Matthew to be tied to climate change. Apparently the reporter didn’t bother to ascertain that this was the first major hurricane to strike the U.S. _since 2005_. As noted in [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/opinion/where-are-the-hurricanes.html?_r=0) and taking into account [recently-published research](http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-projects-more-frequent-and-stronger-hurricanes-worldwide-16204), there’s a _lot_ of uncertainty over whether or not there will be more (and more severe) hurricanes due to climate change. The lack of evidence supporting the thesis up till now should (but often does not) lead to great caution before attributing any specific weather event or even short-term trends to man-made effects on climate. Even if the more-and-bigger-hurricane hypothesis doesn’t pan out, it doesn’t invalidate climate change science as a whole or eliminate the need to make thoughtful decisions to cut back emissions. Meantime, excessive and unsupportable hype (even if one thinks it’s for our own good) gives aid and comfort to the conspiracy theorists and “science was wrong before!” idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/29 "2016-10-07T23:03:15Z")
Knock it off, will ya. Have you seen the predicted path? It supposed to make a sharp turn to the **right**. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/30 "2016-10-07T23:12:47Z")
[The article on CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/politics/donald-trump-women-vulgar/index.html) has some absolutely priceless reactions from unnamed Republicans within the campaign: > [@](#): > > “This should have never happened. I wish it had never happened. I think I know that men talk this way sometimes, but it’s nothing I would ever want to hear or condone or approve of,” the adviser said. “My reaction is – it’s appalling. It’s just flat out appalling.” > > The adviser also said Trump’s apology does not go far enough. > [@](#): > > Asked about the reaction at a campaign field office, a Trump field staffer told CNN there were “gasps. Collective gasps. We’re trying to get our heads around it right now, but there’s no way to spin this. There just isn’t.” Not to worry. I’m sure Anderson Cooper of CNN would not think to bring this up during Sunday’s debate. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/31 "2016-10-08T00:23:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, [it didn’t take long](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/opinions/sutter-hurricane-matthew-climate-change/index.html) for Hurricane Matthew to be tied to climate change. Apparently the reporter didn’t bother to ascertain that this was the first major hurricane to strike the U.S. _since 2005_. > > As noted in [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/opinion/where-are-the-hurricanes.html?_r=0) and taking into account [recently-published research](http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-projects-more-frequent-and-stronger-hurricanes-worldwide-16204), there’s a _lot_ of uncertainty over whether or not there will be more (and more severe) hurricanes due to climate change. The lack of evidence supporting the thesis up till now should (but often does not) lead to great caution before attributing any specific weather event or even short-term trends to man-made effects on climate. > > Even if the more-and-bigger-hurricane hypothesis doesn’t pan out, it doesn’t invalidate climate change science as a whole or eliminate the need to make thoughtful decisions to cut back emissions. Meantime, excessive and unsupportable hype (even if one thinks it’s for our own good) gives aid and comfort to the conspiracy theorists and “science was wrong before!” idiots. Uh, the articles you linked actually says the same I did say early. The increase in intensity is not coming from imagination but has been measured. The real idiots are indeed the ones that will twist that into saying the opposite or to exaggerate what scientists are actually reporting. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/32 "2016-10-08T00:28:54Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > [The article on CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/politics/donald-trump-women-vulgar/index.html) has some absolutely priceless reactions from unnamed Republicans within the campaign: > > Not to worry. I’m sure Anderson Cooper of CNN would not think to bring this up during Sunday’s debate. Well, Trump is a hurricane of lies. 🙂 Although I suspect you posted in th wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/33 "2016-10-08T07:54:42Z")
Hundreds have been killed by this storm, and Florida was lucky it just skirted up the coast and didn’t make a direct hit. Make no mistake this was and still is a dangerous weather event. Im sick of people ripping into weather forecasters for “ginning up” forecasts, no matter what the supposed motivation. Better safe than sorry, I always say. Starting to hear more about this when schools close ahead of time of a predicted snow event. People only complain when it doesn’t materialize. Whats the big deal? So your kids were home and safe, as a precaution. If there was 12" of snow, you would have been grateful they were home and safe. No one bitched about the Sandy or Katrina forecasts. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/34 "2016-10-08T11:52:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, [it didn’t take long](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/opinions/sutter-hurricane-matthew-climate-change/index.html) for Hurricane Matthew to be tied to climate change. Apparently the reporter didn’t bother to ascertain that this was the first major hurricane to strike the U.S. _since 2005_. [Sandy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy) didn’t count? > [@](#): > > A total of 24 U.S. states were in some way affected by Sandy. The hurricane caused tens of billions of dollars in damage in the United States, destroyed thousands of homes, left millions without electric service,[193] and caused 71 direct deaths in nine states, including 49 in New York, 10 in New Jersey, 3 in Connecticut, 2 each in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and 1 each in New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia.[2] There were also 2 direct deaths from Sandy in U.S. coastal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, about 90 miles (150 km) off the North Carolina coast, which are not counted in the U.S. total. In addition, the storm resulted in 87 indirect deaths.[1] In all, a total of 160 people were killed due to the storm, making Sandy the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the deadliest to hit the U.S. East Coast since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/35 "2016-10-08T14:19:28Z")
I have a neighbor who insists the hurricane that just passed through yesterday was an Obummer/Shrillary plot to convince us climate change is real. These people do exist. It doesn’t matter that it was [Fox’s own Shepard Smith](https://www.indy100.com/article/fox-news-weatherman-hurricane-matthew-you-re-going-to-die-7349841) who warned us > [@](#): > > This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. Because you can’t survive it… And your kids die too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/36 "2016-10-08T15:09:17Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > That makes Obama a communist Muslim animist. Surely you mean a communist Islamist animist?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/37 "2016-10-08T15:11:46Z")
Ok, so _ **Rick Scott** _ declaring an emergency and telling people to bug the hell out while they still had their lives, was acting in cahoots with the liberal climate change hoaxers? Good to know. (And annoyingly, when the day comes that there is no last minute wobble and the Big One _ **does** _ clobber them, we won’t even be able to laugh at these people because they’ll be holding on to flotsam 10 miles out to sea…) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/38 "2016-10-08T15:16:28Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > Hey, buddy, there was only _one_ Hurricane Katrina when Obama came up to bat. He’s had at least seven more by some counts. Knock it off! 😃 Katrina was obviously an experiment by leftist scientists which got out of control. Bush singlehandedly (with help from Pat Robertson) kept the hurricane from hitting Bush’s Texas ranch. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/39 "2016-10-08T17:26:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Apparently the reporter didn’t bother to ascertain that this was the first major hurricane to strike the U.S. _since 2005_. Technically, this is only true if by “major” you mean Category 3 and above. For obvious reasons, “major” could easily refer to Sandy or some of these other storms, since wind strength is not the only measurement by which something can be described as “major.” Hurricanes Humberto, Dolly, Gustav, Ike, Irene, Isaac, Sandy, Arthur, and Hermine all struck the continental U.S. between 2006 and 2016 (not counting the Hawaii storms for this purpose) - none of them were Category 3 or above when they made landfall. [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All\_U.S.\_Hurricanes.html](http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817/40 "2016-10-08T17:52:32Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, Trump is a hurricane of lies. 🙂 Although I suspect you posted in th wrong thread. We were watching MSNBC last night waiting for the Trump tape, and switched to Fox to see what they said. They had 100% hurricane coverage. Trump, what Trump? (I didn’t stay long, but not much was happening then.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-limbaugh-accuse-hurricanes-of-liberal-bias/767817.md?page=3)