There are lots of details, and one of them, for every hurricane, is for someone to keep track of fake news that needs to be officially contradicted.
We have created a rumor control page for Hurricane #Florence that will be updated regularly.
During disasters, it’s critical to avoid spreading false information.
https://t.co/PAjGQZJ1Nt pic.twitter.com/z4L0r1YjAT — FEMA (@fema) September 12, 2018 WATCH: Reporter battered by Hurricane Florence as she walks through ‘ghost town’ Oak Island, N.C.
Among them: Beach sand should be used to fill sandbags if supply intended for the purpose runs short.
(“Residents should NOT be heading toward the beach.” Guess not.)
(This fiction appears reliably with every hurricane, complete with an elaborate pseudo-legal backstory, but no such law exists.)
Buzzfeed and the Washington Post found several more, including a shark swimming in a flooded highway, an old friend that we’re almost fond of at this point, Contrary to reports, people should not either put their valuables in a dishwasher or shoot at the hurricane; this will not bother the hurricane, but will bother people downrange, who have enough to worry about already.
You can join them tomorrow at 10 p.m.
Fortunately, there seem not to be faked hurricane forecast maps, as there were with Hurricane Irma in 2017.