Agency reverses course on Trump's Alabama hurricane claim

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  1. superbadbrutha

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    That is because you are either used to his lies or you really don't care that he lies.
     
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    No, you guys are just so insane that you just look for something to get outraged over and call everything a lie. Do you see the other side calling all of Biden's gaff's lies? Sure, plenty of people make fun of his gaffs but it isn't important to declare each one a lie. The Left appears to be obsessed over calling everything out of Trump's mouth a lie, I guess in order to deflect from their own lies.
     
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  3. truth and justice

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    "Hurricane Dorian" also impacted on Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and every state and country on the North Atlantic west & East coast so why hasn't Trump warned them? Which bit don't you understand?
     
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    A lie is a lie.

    Is a gaffe and a lie equal?

    A lie is a lie, sorry.
     
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    you have shown me nothing but media cut and paste with no link to the original NOAA press release as I requested and once again a contact name and number is not a source
     
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    How do you know there's no contact number? Neither you or I can find the original press release and you are the one promoting a conspiracy theory. It's well known that goggle has a political agenda and manipulates their search function
     
  8. Josephwalker

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    Why doesn't he original press release Google up? Why just media links about it? Very strange. Does that seem odd to you? If not why not?
     
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    Speak for yourself, just because YOU don't know how to use google does not mean THEY have a political agenda.
     
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    Maybe I want you to conjure up Conspiracy Theories first to make a fool of yourself.
     
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    Apparently you don't know how to use Google either since you have been unable to link me to the original press release with a NOAA link.
     
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    When debate is lost slander becomes the tool of the loser"

    Your emotional outburst proves you are not interested in fact finding as I am. You just have an agenda to push which is the attack Trump at every turn agenda.
     
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    YOU were given the facts, which YOU refuse to accept the facts, that does not make you or Tramp a poor little VICTIM.
     
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    I've asked you repeatedly for the link nobody can find and you have failed to deliver. Now you cover for that by admitting you are trolling.
    have a nice day. I'll move on.:)
     
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    He thinks by screaming conspiracy he can shut down discussion.... He cant angle it towards racism so its all he has.
     
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    No you first asked me to provide an example of a press release where the author was listed and I gave you two to show that each press release had a different name to contact for more info depending on who wrote it. That was when YOU had already conceded that the press release was unsigned but you claimed they were never signed. Rather than accept the fact that the claim YOU made up was wrong, you then tried to claim that maybe the Tramp press release was signed. And I assumed if I did link to it you would have simply fabricated another excuse to protect Tramp.

    But you went one better and manufactured a Conspiracy Theory based on your false assumption that if YOU couldn't find the press release than nobody could find it so it must be a conspiracy against Tramp.
    Just for the record I have the link, I ALWAYS check things at the source BEFORE I post, so your Conspiracy Theory that google is hiding it just went poof!
     
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    Wrong, Pocahontas.

    Sorry

    Tissue?
     
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    You disputing bankruptcy donnie's own pollsters??

    Going to lose your red hat for questioning the emperor
     
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    What are you going to do on election night when Trump wins re-election? Cry?
     
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    Yes, facts do matter.
     
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    That is irrelevant. NOAA has already admitted that Trump was right.
    I can only imagine how painful that has been for you.

    "The statement from NOAA contrasts with comments the agency’s spokesman, Chris Vaccaro, made Sunday. “The current forecast path of Dorian does not include Alabama,” Vaccaro said at the time.

    Friday’s NOAA statement, released just before 5 p.m., points to a few graphics issued by the National Hurricane Center to support Trump’s claims. The maps show percentage possibility of tropical storm force winds in the United States. "Parts of Alabama were covered, usually with 5% to 10% chances, between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3. Maps on Aug. 30 grew to cover far more of Alabama, but for only 12 hours, and the highest percentage hit ***20% to 30%*** before quickly shrinking back down."
    AP, Agency reverses course on Trump’s Alabama hurricane claim, By SETH BORENSTEIN and KEVIN FREKING, 9/7/19. (*** mine)
    https://apnews.com/b77db47e44954ee4b4ab948c3d898d8d
     
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    Now supply the exact quote from Trump with a link. I mean - if you think it supports your position.

    NOAA has admitted that "The maps show percentage possibility of tropical storm force winds" reaching 30% for parts of Alabama. Which is why Trump doubled down. He knew he could not lose in a credibility fight with meteorologists.
     
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    Credibility enhancement tip for Trump's opposition.

    Step 1. When you quote Trump provide a source and a link.
     
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    But it didn't do that. Isn't that great! :)
     
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    This is one of the stupidest issues I've seen for both sides. First, you have the President who was directly saying Alabama was in danger of a category 5 storm, which was patently untrue. Then, you have the news media acting like this was more than just an example of stupidity, and that it endangered people. I've argued with Trump people on Facebook that claimed Pensacola was threatened by the hurricane (no, we were not in even the 5 day cone). I've argued with anti-Trump people who claimed that Trump endangered lives by scaring people in Alabama. It's all stupidity. There was no real danger to Alabama, either by preparing for something that more than likely could never happen, nor by the actual storm (yes, about a third of the state had a 5% probability of tropical storm force winds (which arent' uncommon during thunderstorms in the south)). Let's just shut up about it, and see what we can do for the Bahamians.
     
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