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Fact-check: Was Cooper really absent when Helene struck?

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1h ago Fun fact: I on tornado watch while I drew this I've actually had insane luck when it comes to tornados, when I was super young a tornado was heading straight towards my house and then the tornado j… +6.0
13h ago France: Groundwater remains very worrying due to rainfall deficit after exceptional summer drought, according to the national geological service. Context: BRGM monitoring shows delayed aquif ... … -4.5
13h ago In fact the latest Vortex Data Message from NOAA recon suggests that the eyewall of Isaias is now CLOSED again. If it remains closed this time, that should at least in theory lay the groundwork for… -3.0
14h ago Recon investigating Isaias is finding evidence that the storm has levelled off for now. The 84 knot FL winds (~75 kts SFC) from earlier remain the highest. The pressure is also not falling apprecia… +2.0
16h ago As much as a potential hurricane storm hitting NV sounds interesting, the fact that last week the wind blew a little bit and the power kept flicking off gives me no confidence. Why is it when I wa… -4.0
17h ago the irony here, outside of the fact that i arrived here 5 days ago and this is the first hurricane of the 2026 season. is that mom's friend seemed shocked when i told him i would never move down he… -2.5
17h ago France: The French Building Performance Institute (Ifpeb) estimates that 6.5 million homes are in areas most exposed to extreme heat. Context: Climate change is increasing the frequency ... Fact… -3.0
1d ago France: Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard announced new drought relief measures for farmers in Auvergne this Thursday. Context: Drought conditions have severely impacted cr ... Fact Check by hu… +2.0
1d ago In Ireland the harvest yields are about half due to drought. Not helped by the fact that the number of growers has fallen from over 900 to just 70. We import 84% of produce now. Small local growers… -6.5
1d ago France: The government announces new aid measures to alleviate the social crisis following a severe drought. Context: Agricultural sector strain from prolonged dry conditions threatens ru ... Fac… +2.0
1d ago We cannot go on with lay people saying things like "there was a heat wave in 1976" and that anecdote being covered as a meaningful challenge to the scientific consensus on man-made climate change. … +3.0
1d ago Pensioners who fly across Europe for holiday complain about situation caused by climate change, in an article which doesn't mention the latter. In fact the article only mentions "extreme heat" in a… -3.0
1d ago If the name sounds familiar... A hurricane by the same name visited North Carolina in August 2020. The 2020 version of Isaias did over 5 billion dollars in damage. Interesting fact, it is the secon… -1.5
1d ago Fun fact, I didn't know flood gates existed until we had the floods and I still don't understand what the point to them is. Wouldn't they cause worse flooding on the back side of them? -0.5
1d ago In the technological age, we need to follow and elevate experts. Fact over fiction, science over fantasy. Particularly true as Isaias strengthens and social media is filled with garbage. +3.5
1d ago Clearly, there will be a harvesting effect, ie the heat kills very frail people about to die anyway In fact, more often than not, a spike of deaths in a heat wave is followed by a trough of deaths… -4.0
1d ago There’s a lot of poetic irony in the fact that a hurricane might disrupt the Alabama v Georgia game that Trump was supposed to go to +1.0
1d ago ⏳ 2 years ago today (2024-10-07) FEMA & fact-checkers push back on Trump's Hurricane Helene claims, warning false info may stop survivors from seeking aid. 🔗 Link ×2 -2.0
10h ago Oh great, there’s a hurricane, now it’s time to send David Muir and Anderson Cooper out to stand right in the eye of the storm and get knocked over by a stray stop sign -4.0
1d ago There are some typical slowdowns showing near College Park Road and Ashley Phosphate Road this Wednesday morning. But other than a crash on Cooper Store Road in Berkeley County and some flooding on… -1.0
1h ago NWS: The forecast for Isaias in North Carolina “is far less severe” than Helene, although “heavy rain and gusty winds remain possible.” ×7 +2.0
1h ago U.S. News: A bench washed away from Florida when Hurricane Helene hit has been found in Bermuda. >> +1.5
5h ago Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency, learning from Hurricane Helene in 2024. He urges residents to prepare for Hurricane Isaias, emphasizing the unpredictable nature of storms and… -2.0
9h ago hurricane helene really fucked everything up huh -7.0
10h ago Thank you so much 🙏 Each report has Isaies tracking further East, more like Hurricane Helene. +0.5
10h ago Ms Loey, every report shows Isaies closer to the path of Hurricane Helene! She is now way East of her predicted path. My hairs are standing up and I already hear lightning ⚡⚡⚡ I am so tired. I … -4.0
10h ago Two years ago, Hurricane Milton struck our community while families across the Gulf Coast were still reeling from Hurricane Helene. My husband and I were living on Treasure Island at the time, and … -5.0
11h ago Hurricane Isaies has graduated to Cat 2, at 100 mph. With each report, Hurricane Isaies is further East of her predicted path. Now the cone is a big zigzag because half the spaghetti models show … -1.0
11h ago Additional disaster assistance in the form of federal cost-share assistance has been approved for South Carolina to aid recovery efforts affected by Hurricane Helene, according to a press release f… +4.0
12h ago Two years after Hurricane Helene, PVC pipes still dominate cleanup of the French Broad River. #WFDD #FrenchBroad #rivercleanup -3.0

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