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Earlier this month Hurricane Isaias struck the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. After the landfall, meteorologist in Alabama contacted Laura Myers, director of the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, to discuss a graphic posted by a local emergency manager. The graphic depicted a potential “sting jet” of high winds that could threaten the Alabama coastline. Myers, who regularly advises state and local emergency managers, highlighted the spread of such misinformation in the wake of extreme weather events.

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