The age of MAGA means a percentage of people believe the TV meteorologist is actually part of the globalist cabal of skin-suited Lizard people controlling the weather and directing hurricanes at their enemies, or remotely managing Jewish Space Lasers.
Then there are the run of the mill nut jobs who just shit-post altered weather models to attract clicks and create anxiety.
It’s a different job description than a lot of TV Mets signed up for, but they’ll need to adapt.
Below, a Lansing, MI meteorologist tells of her experience under social media attack.
This is not unique. Veteran Meteorologist Chris Gloninger described similar threats to me a few years ago, which caused him to leave station KCCI in Des Moines.