Science educator Invoice Nye spoke out on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) latest feedback suggesting hurricanes are managed by the federal government, calling the theories “physically impossible.”
In an interview Friday on CNN “Newsroom,” Nye defined from a scientific perspective why the storm couldn’t have been geoengineered and tied the subject again to local weather change.
“The amount of energy in a storm like Milton is more than every military in the world put together at the same time,” he stated. Hurricane Milton additionally prompted a number of tornadoes to interrupt out and strike the state of Florida.
He stated a declare like Greene’s “plays on people’s grievances and frustrations,” and he urged individuals to exit and vote.
Final week, Greene started sharing posts on her social media trying to tie the areas impacted by Hurricane Helene to the election. She shared a map made by influencer Matt Wallace, who claimed the storm “seemed to almost methodically miss the bluest parts” of “crucial swing states, while simultaneously ravaging the red parts.”
In a submit on social platform X on Oct. 3, Greene wrote, “Yes, they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”
X’s group observe system flagged the content material, including context that climate can’t be managed.
Republicans opposed Greene’s feedback, with Florida Republican Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez on Wednesday suggesting Greene ought to have her “head examined” following her posts.
Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards (N.C.), who represents the Asheville space ravaged by Hurricane Helene, additionally spoke out, releasing an inventory Tuesday trying to refute the rumors about Helene and the federal government’s response, though he didn’t title Greene immediately.
