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How FEMA tries to combat rumors and conspiracy theories about Milton and Helene
NPR ^ | 10/9/24 | Huo Jingman

Posted on 10/09/2024 9:43:39 AM PDT by DallasBiff

With a second massive hurricane set to hit the United States in less than two weeks, the Federal Emergency Management Agency also has to contend with a deluge of rumors and conspiracy theories about its response and policies.

Baseless stories have swirled on social media since Hurricane Helene made landfall in late September, many framing FEMA’s actions as an instrument of a tyrannical federal government. On X, formerly Twitter, the same rumors and narratives are following the agency as it prepares for Milton.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: coverup; dissent; fema; freespeech; kamala; masm; media; msm; npr
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To: DallasBiff

It now seems very calm where I am, which is about 15 miles south of Sarasota.


41 posted on 10/09/2024 11:20:59 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Kamala: "understand that some people need more, so we all end up in the same place, right?”)
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To: DallasBiff

“2 PM EDT...Maximum sustained wind 130 mph”

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/152731.shtml?cone#contents


42 posted on 10/09/2024 11:23:42 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Kamala: "understand that some people need more, so we all end up in the same place, right?”)
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To: DallasBiff

Theories? We have seen their corruption on video.


43 posted on 10/09/2024 11:49:53 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Sequoyah101

Bet you could butcher up something pretty quick with one of those.


44 posted on 10/09/2024 11:55:04 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: DallasBiff



45 posted on 10/09/2024 12:09:05 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Propaganda keeps only governments in business, not corporations. —John Nolte)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

How could you forget “debunked”?


46 posted on 10/09/2024 12:09:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: DallasBiff

“How FEMA tries to combat rumors and conspiracy theories about Milton and Helene”

Preemptive lies?


47 posted on 10/09/2024 12:52:49 PM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: DallasBiff

It does so by having NPR and other leftist outlets publish propaganda.


48 posted on 10/09/2024 2:18:22 PM PDT by rickomatic
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To: DallasBiff

FEMA has to contend with the truth ... not conspiracy theories and rumors. DEI hire FEMA Director Skank Criswell is in way over her head. Look at all Biden’s hires ... Mrs Buttguy, Meritless Garland, Mayorkas, etc. ... all losers.


49 posted on 10/09/2024 2:22:19 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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