Commentary: Counting hurricanes in a post-truth world

TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY • June 18, 2024

Forecasters expect this year’s hurricane season to be “super-charged.” Conspiracy-peddling voices will politicize the issue of how many hurricanes are expected. Such bearers of misinformation maintain that NOAA intentionally amplifies its forecasts of hurricane activity to drive a climate change agenda. Misinformation can be dangerous. To the extent people in harm’s way ignore warnings about the threat of coming dangers they face from destructive storms, lives may be lost. ~ Jerry Theodorou, director, R Street Institute’s Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy program