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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GreeNRG@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179

One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

Firehose of falsehood. Flooding the zone with shit, no pun intended.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

There are plenty of those theories even in Slovenia, please help us as well....

[+] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml -42 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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[–] paf0@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Last I checked there were thousands of federal agents in the area and multiple mayors and governors were saying that FEMA was doing a great job. You seem to care more about spreading lies and creating division than the truth. Be better.

[+] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml -34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] paf0@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not blue, just like facts. Do you have any?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

I've got some. My friend at FEMA was literally on the phone with me when his boss called - this was the night before it made landfall, their biggest concern was the mountains in South Carolina, because they're entirely not equipped to deal with a storm like this

He was also pissed that Vermont pushed their paperwork through just before for incidents months ago, and they were all already swamped because of the end of the fiscal year, and the flurry of changes that come with the

So all in all, they knew exactly where would be hardest hit, acted preventively, and were on 24/7 call (which they don't get paid for, which is bullshit). Mainstream media (from what little I saw myself and my father passed on second hand) was worried about Georgia

They were zeroed in on the biggest disaster region, and acted days in advance. Those are the facts I saw.... I'll know more when my friend has time to chat

[–] tyler@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

Where did you hear that anyone involved is being treated badly?