Forecasters are being bombarded with barmy claims they are plotting to control the weather.
Tinfoil-hatted weirdos have been trolling meteorologists, including experts at the BBC, alleging that they are playing a key role in helping make it rain or shine.
Nutty theories include a tweet about “chemtrails”, a widely rubbished conspiracy theory about a secretive government plot to spray people with dangerous chemicals.
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Another user wrote on X: “Imagine watching the geoengineers at work, and you report the weather without telling the truth about what really is going on. That is sick.”
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In a further sign of nonsense being spread online, bosses at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero were forced to announce the government is “not deploying solar radiation management” and that it has “no plans to do so”.
The Royal Meteorological Society condemned the abuse, saying it “can have chilling effects”.
DAILY STAR SAYS: It’s fair to say social media can be a real nest of vipers at times.
Crazy theories spread like wildfire, some of which have been created in the brains of someone wearing a tin foil hat.
Others may well have more legs – and it’s important to recognise the difference.
Lately there is a suggestion that the Government has been controlling the weather and conspiring with the BBC about it.
Firstly it’s hilarious that people think the outgoing Government could control anything!
And secondly, have these people ever been to Britain?
It’s got to be one of the few places on Earth where you can never rely on the weather at any time of the year.
Just ask anyone planning a wedding or buying a ticket to the cricket.
But because of the theories spreading online weather forecasters and meteorologists are getting abused.
It sounds like these wallies have spent too much time sitting in the sun!
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