The rocket “met its fate when it hit intense wind and waves resulting in failure of a partially secured [octo-grabber] less than 100 miles from home.”
What do they expect would happen to that booster in a wind storm? Because of that poorly designed “Octo-grabber, they will have to recover that booster from the sea bottom. Good luck there.
SpaceX has landed and recovered boosters over 250 times, probably half on drone ships at sea. The octograbber has done a pretty good job.