Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2022

Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion:

“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.

By Laura Schulte • November 30, 2021

Viral image
stated on September 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Ida was the strongest hurricane to ever strike anywhere in the United States.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 17, 2021

Viral image
stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."

By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2021

Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2021 in Facebook post:

A heat wave melted turbine blades at a Texas wind farm.

By Michael Majchrowicz • June 21, 2021

Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

By Amy Sherman • February 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2021 in Facebook posts:

The snow is government-generated or fake.

By Noah Y. Kim • February 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"The Texas power grid is not part of the US power grid because they wanted to avoid federal regulation.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 18, 2021

Tucker Carlson
stated on February 16, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Unbeknownst to most people, the Green New Deal came to Texas; the power grid in the state became totally reliant on windmills.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 17, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden planned a winter storm as "warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream."

By Daniel Funke • February 16, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Myrtle Beach 30 minutes ago.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 5, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says President Donald Trump has donated $1 million to a relief fund for the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian while no other politicians have contributed any money.

By Daniel Funke • September 10, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a Donald Trump tweet credited Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian’s path away from Florida.

By Daniel Funke • September 6, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 in a tweet:

Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.

By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says an image depicts Hurricane Dorian over the Bahamas.

By Daniel Funke • September 5, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Workers have begun removing spires of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom ahead of Hurricane Dorian."

By Daniel Funke • September 4, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 2, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says an image shows a photo of hurricane-ravaged Abaco Island in the Bahamas.

By Daniel Funke • September 3, 2019

Viral image
stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."

By Samantha Putterman • February 1, 2019

Bloggers
stated on September 13, 2018 in in a blog post:

"Myrtle Beach man who shot at Hurricane Florence dies after bullet ricochets."

By Kyra Haas • September 19, 2018

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