This Storm was an Operation
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It is routine for NOAA to send surveillance airplanes (WP-3Ds) into hurricanes to obtain meteorologic data. Called Hurricane Hunters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_hunters It would be strange if it were not there.
But that's no fun. :( Surely it's wEaTher ConTrol. What in the world could a single plane do to a FUCKING HURRICANE?! People around here are getting really, realllly dumb, and do not have a sense of scale.
And when they are chastised for being "dumb" (I would say ignorant and clueless), there are severe penalties if egos are bruised. I think this is a symptom of a general syndrome in social media: anyone who takes the effort, however trivial or passive, to follow a topic will consider themselves an expert on the topic and will expound accordingly, having no capability to identify actual experts, whom they abuse as being stuffy or "not awake yet." Deviation from the social consensus is the litmus test of credibility (ironic when compared to the Covid-19 fiasco). Am I wrong? The admins are in the middle of this, and you can notice a certain variability in what nonsense is tolerated for discussion. They don't say much about their workload, other than that it is burdensome. But if you consider that every day may bring hundreds of posts under their eyes, it would not be surprising if the fine line between fair speculation and wild stuff becomes blurred.
Someone once proposed that all the loony theories are actually psy-ops from outside, intended to undermine the credibility of the community. I think that theory has a lot of explanatory value, and it sure works. As the years have passed, I have become less inclined to recommend this page to newcomers, on account of this aspect.
Well I appreciate the time you took to type out your thoughts. You were a bit more eloquent than I was. I find myself coming here less and less as the laughable sources/already debunked/plain ignorant of basic science, etc. shows up. Everything is a conspiracy with the weakest 'evidence' provided; this post being a good example of that. I think after Trump returns to office, I'll leave here for good, as they'll be no more use for it, and I can have some sanity back ;)
You have my complete sympathy. I suppose I will linger in order to assess the match-up between what happens after Trump gets in office, with the attitudes and expectations here.
I also look at it as something of an intellectual challenge to see how efficiently I can function as a critic and an explainer. Sometimes, I come up with a Bright Idea, but that gets lost in the wave action. Very difficult to work with the types who like to dish it out but can't take it. It seems I've gotten banned for complaints of "bad manners" by people who end by cursing me out. I suppose I am at risk by even mentioning such "types." And yet, the spectrum you have identified seems to prevail.
I will close with a joke--- Airhead Girl: "I enjoy classical music, especially when it celebrates pastries." Girlfriend: "What? I mean, what are you talking about?" Airhead Girl: "Well, you know. Like Claude Debussy's 'Eclair de Lune'."