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  • 2014-09-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Meteorologists Predict Record-Shattering Snowfall Coming Soon (en)
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  • On 6 September 2014, Empire News posted a weather-related prediction for the upcoming winter that terrified many Americans. According the dire warning subsequently shared across social media sites (titled Meteorologists Predict Record-Shattering Snowfall Coming Soon), a winter storm season of epic proportions was headed for North America during the upcoming winter.. If you're curious as to which way the oncoming snowpocalypse was supposed to be headed, the answer was all ways — the viral article suggested all of the United States was in for a near-constant onslaught of snow and freezing temperatures, lasting for almost the entire winter: However, all of this was nothing more than another fabricated story from Empire News, a clickbait fake news site. As is often the case with stories from similar hoax news sites, the slightly plausible nature of the headline induced many social media users to post and repost the link without careful examination. Those who considered it more carefully might have pondered that 50 times the [usual] amount of snow is quite a broad imaginational stretch, as is the claim that such a massive weather pattern change would affect such a large swath of the continental United States. Long-range forecasting to the degree indicated in the now-viral article is virtually impossible given the meteorological variables involved. The Record-Shattering Snowfall Coming Soon post was just one of several leg-pulls from Empire News, a fake news site known for posts such as Cure for Cancer Discovered; 'Amazingly Simple' Says Researcher, College Student Excused from Classes After Dog Eats Grandmother, and Woman Gives Birth, Confuses Doctors by Asking for Maternity Test. A disclaimer on the site admitted that Empire News is a satirical and entertainment website. (en)
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