Weather
2018
2018-11-01 Marjorie Taylor Greene posted her theory on social media that California wildfires were started by “space solar generators”. The post has since been deleted.
https://www.aju.edu/events/jewish-space-lasers-conspiracy-theories-and-antisemitism
2024 April
2024-04-06 News outlets reported on Rudy Giuliani comments that earthquakes were targeting communist states. He later defended his comment and scoffed that his critics had no sense of humor.
https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1776690949176856804
2024 September
2024-09-30 After Hurricane Helene hit, Trump spread misinformation on social media about aid being withheld, “…I’ll be there shortly, but don’t like the reports that I’m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas. MAGA!” It is worth mentioning for context the North Carolina governor reached out to the Trump administration September 15, 2025 asking for Helene relief, stating that they only paid out 9% of what was expected.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113227214995355086
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113227266617485932
2024 October
2024-10-03 Trump sent out another post on Truth Social in response to Hurricane Helene, “Kamala and Sleepy Joe are universally being given POOR GRADES for the way that they are handling the Hurricane, especially in North Carolina. It is going down as the WORST & MOST INCOMPETENTLY MANAGED “STORM,” AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, EVER SEEN BEFORE - BUT THEIR MANAGEMENT OF THE BORDER IS WORSE! MAGA2024”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113243226398293844
2024-10-03 After Trump and other politicians planted seeds of misinformation about Helene recovery efforts, news outlets began to report hindered rescue efforts and an increased number of disaster victims not filing for aid because they’ve been told by conspirators that they will only receive $750 and their property would be seized.
2024-10-03 Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done”. Her post was made in response to a discussion about small scale cloud seeding that debunked any alternative claims that Hurricane Helene was manmade. She later posted a map on X showing how the hurricane affected areas in conjunction with the electoral map.
https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1842039774359462324
https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1841839254143381961
2024-10-03 In an X post, Alex Jones helped push the conspiracy theory that hurricanes were manmade and accused the federal government of not stopping the storm.
https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1842008511330357571
2024-10-04 The American Red Cross and the North Carolina DPS had to publish websites fighting harmful Republican rhetoric and misinformation about aid going into Helene disaster recovery efforts.
2024-10-14 FEMA had to publish a “Hurricane Rumor” fact sheet to help fight dangerous Republican misinformation.
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/rumor/hurricane-rumor-response
2024-10-23 The NOAA had to publish a fact-checking press release on their website to debunk false claims about weather control.
https://www.noaa.gov/news/fact-check-debunking-weather-modification-claims
2025 January
2025-01-16 (Context) Rumors spread on social media that California wildfires were caused by a conspiracy called “Directed-Energy Weapon” (DEW).
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfire-conspiracy-theories-viral-fact-check/