Trump Slams ABC for Reporting His Mistaken Statement that Dorian Could Affect Alabama

[iluvatar5150]

 

[essentialsaltes]

I wasn't going to touch this topic, but his sheer persistence in his error is pushing things into cray-cray town.

As Hurricane Dorian unleashed torrential rains on the Carolinas on Thursday morning, President Trump continued to push his erroneous contention from the weekend that Alabama could have been affected by the life-threatening storm.

In his first tweets of the morning, Trump insisted that what he first said in a Sunday tweet was accurate at the time and attacked the news media.

“What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!” Trump wrote.

Alabama residents! Be on the lookout for the Army Corps of Engineers cutting trees down and knocking down buildings.

 

[wing2000]

I wasn't going to touch this topic, but his sheer persistence in his error is pushing things into cray-cray town.

...exactly. Who is going to take away his sharpie?

 

[Desk trauma]

...exactly. Who is going to take away his sharpie?

At least he didn't use his gold one.

 

[iluvatar5150]

...exactly. Who is going to take away his sharpie?

My beef is less with the sharpie and more that he was putting out data that was 3 days old.

 

[Allandavid]

Oh Joy....

“
Just because you slept with someone named Stormy, it does not make you a weatherman."

 

[iluvatar5150]

Oh Joy....

“
Just because you slept with someone named Stormy, it does not make you a weatherman."

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[Root of Jesse]

Never stand between a Trump and his ego....

Trump Slams ABC for Reporting His Mistaken Claim That Dorian Could Affect Alabama

Never stand between the climate change theorists and their egos, either. The fact is that, at the time of the remark, nobody knew where Dorian was headed, what her strength might be, or the impact she would have. Some models did suggest that she would cross into the Gulf of Mexico, which means that coastal Alabama could have been impacted.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The fact is that, at the time of the remark, nobody knew where Dorian was headed, what her strength might be, or the impact she would have.

Within 20 minutes of his tweet, "the National Weather Service immediately contradicted the statement, without mentioning Trump, of course. “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian,” the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Alabama, tweeted. "

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump's press secretary (who incidentally hasn't held a press conference yet) tweeted at CNN to correct a map that had mislabeled a state.

CNN Communications:
Thanks, Stephanie. Yes, we made a mistake (which we fixed in less than 30 seconds). And now we are admitting it. You all should try it sometime.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

The fact is that, at the time of the remark, nobody knew where Dorian was headed, what her strength might be, or the impact she would have. Some models did suggest that she would cross into the Gulf of Mexico, which means that coastal Alabama could have been impacted.

This is almost completely untrue. At the time that Trump wrote his tweet, on September 1, the forecast and modeling clearly showed that the hurricane would turn north and follow the coast up to the Carolinas. This was not a "nobody knows" scenario. There was a zero percent chance at that time of Alabama being affected.

Now, it's true that a few days before (August 28th/29th), a some models did indicate the possibility that Dorian would head into the Gulf, but different models showed different possibilities, and models change on a daily - and even hourly - basis. You can't go off of a single model, and models from a few days before are no longer going to be accurate.

Honestly, it's not that big of a deal that Trump screwed it up. It happens - he saw the model(s) with Alabama in the projected path and thought it was worth mentioning. The concerning thing is that, rather than admitting he was wrong when corrected, he doubled down and continues to do so.

 

[Go Braves]

I wasn't going to touch this topic, but his sheer persistence in his error is pushing things into cray-cray town.

As Hurricane Dorian unleashed torrential rains on the Carolinas on Thursday morning, President Trump continued to push his erroneous contention from the weekend that Alabama could have been affected by the life-threatening storm.

In his first tweets of the morning, Trump insisted that what he first said in a Sunday tweet was accurate at the time and attacked the news media.

“What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!” Trump wrote.

Alabama residents! Be on the lookout for the Army Corps of Engineers cutting trees down and knocking down buildings.

Oh Donald hasn't just pushed things into cray-cray town. They've taken up residence there.

It's not just nutty that he's doing it, it's showing reckless regard for the welfare of folks who believe him.

 

[comana]

This is almost completely untrue. At the time that Trump wrote his tweet, on September 1, the forecast and modeling clearly showed that the hurricane would turn north and follow the coast up to the Carolinas. This was not a "nobody knows" scenario. There was a zero percent chance at that time of Alabama being affected.

Now, it's true that a few days before (August 28th/29th), a some models did indicate the possibility that Dorian would head into the Gulf, but different models showed different possibilities, and models change on a daily - and even hourly - basis. You can't go off of a single model, and models from a few days before are no longer going to be accurate.

Honestly, it's not that big of a deal that Trump screwed it up. It happens - he saw the model(s) with Alabama in the projected path and thought it was worth mentioning. The concerning thing is that, rather than admitting he was wrong when corrected, he doubled down and continues to do so.

He’s still defending himself. Two more tweets in the last 20 minutes. He can’t let it go.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Mayor Pete correctly described this display as "pathetic".

 

[Go Braves]

He’s still defending himself. Two more tweets in the last 20 minutes. He can’t let it go.

If Donald was still just the host of a tacky reality TV show we could just roll our eyes, laugh it off. He's still acting as if he's in that job when he's not, and folks are harmed on account of it.

 

[ananda]

Alabama could have been affected, according to previous NOAA advisories.

Who is pushing #fakenews?

 

[Root of Jesse]

Within 20 minutes of his tweet, "the National Weather Service immediately contradicted the statement, without mentioning Trump, of course. “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian,” the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Alabama, tweeted. "

At the time, that didn't mean it wouldn't happen.

 

[iluvatar5150]

The fact is that, at the time of the remark, nobody knew where Dorian was headed, what her strength might be, or the impact she would have. Some models did suggest that she would cross into the Gulf of Mexico, which means that coastal Alabama could have been impacted.

No, that is not a fact. That is a fantasy dreamed up by Trump's fans who prefer to believe their Gilded Leader was correct than to dare double-check his claims against reality.

Trump made his initial Alabama tweet on Sunday Sep 1. The forecast from the night before clearly had the storm tracking up the east coast:

Hurricane Dorian maintains Category 4 status, potential path toward NC :: WRAL.com

 

[essentialsaltes]

At the time, that didn't mean it wouldn't happen.

At the time, the best information from our own National Weather Service said it would "NOT" happen.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Alabama could have been affected, according to previous NOAA advisories.

Who is pushing #fakenews?

You are. You're the one pushing fake news. Again, Trump published his tweet on the morning of 9/1. Your archived link is from 8/30. By 5:00 pm 8/31, the storm was forecast to steer clear east of there:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190901022513/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?key_messages