Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 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 a Facebook post

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

September 17, 2021

Viral image
stated on September 8, 2021 a Facebook post

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

September 13, 2021

Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 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 Facebook post

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

June 21, 2021

Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 16, 2021 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 Facebook posts

The snow is government-generated or fake.

February 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2021 a Facebook post

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

February 18, 2021

Tucker Carlson
stated on February 16, 2021 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.”

February 17, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 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 a Facebook post

Photo shows “Myrtle Beach 30 minutes ago.”

August 5, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2019 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 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 a tweet

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

By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 3, 2019 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 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 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 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 a blog post

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

By Kyra Haas • September 19, 2018

Viral image
stated on September 16, 2018 a Facebook post

Says CNN’s Anderson Cooper stood in a ditch during Hurricane Florence to exaggerate water levels.

By Kyra Haas • September 18, 2018

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