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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRush Limbaugh falsely claims Hurricane Florence is full of sharks
Whenever a major weather event is bearing down, there are certain popular urban myths that tend to go into circulation on social media.
Among the popular recurring offenders are false reports of a real-life Sharknado (a tornado full of sharks, for those who have not had the pleasure of viewing any of the six "Sharknado" films).
Radio host Rush Limbaugh helped advance that myth this week when he declared on his show that Hurricane Florence has sucked up sharks from the ocean and is now full of said sharks.
"New reports from NOAA aircraft show sharks have been lifted into the hurricane," Limbaugh said erroneously in a Tuesday episode of "The Rush Limbaugh Show." "So those of you in the target path in North Carolina, South Carolina: In addition to the pig manure, in addition to the slop, in addition to the floods, in addition to the cars rolling around on the waters in front of your house, in addition to the mudslides and the landslides, now you might end up with a shark in your front yard."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rush-limbaugh-falsely-claims-hurricane-florence-is-full-of-sharks/ar-BBNihou?li=BBnb7Kz
Limpblob's been watching too many B-grade movies and popping too many Oxycotin.
DBoon
(22,363 posts)nt
JHan
(10,173 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Article here
Trump is 'obsessed' and 'terrified' of sharks but his fears are excessive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/19/sharks-donald-trump
This is why Mark Cuban makes a better fake president than the one we have now
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)We want to scare Americans into believing in catastrophic weather to destroy the American economy because we are so damned evil.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)News reports...from National Enquirer I presume...the hate speaker knows his shrinking audience.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Even if sharks were sucked up by a hurricane, does he really think that they can be hurled miles through the air and land on your front yard and be completely fine? They may be apex predators, but they are not invincible. Somebody should explain to Mr. Limbaugh why that nuking the fridge scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was widely (and rightfully) panned.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)0rganism
(23,945 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)full of bats...
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Demonaut
(8,914 posts)it's deadly and something he can get away with if the worst happens
unc70
(6,113 posts)In case you actually want to watch the sharks in the area near Florence
https://explore.org/livecams/oceans/shark-cam
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Does Hurricane Florence Now Contain Sharks?
An image of a news ticker reading "Hurricane Florence now contains sharks" is a recycled fake.
area51
(11,908 posts)Limpballs needs to put down the pain meds he's addicted to.