In early September, President Trump, with the aid of a precision meteorological instrument called a 'Sharpie pen', altered the projected track of hurricane Dorian, such that it would hit Alabama, despite the US national weather service being convinced it would track up the US east coast. Presumably, this is what would be referred to as an 'alternative fact' by the Trump administration. Anyway, it goes to show that weather and climate are in the spotlight and becoming increasingly controversial. A large number of people deny global warming, for example - but, to be fair, they do acknowledge changes to the migratory patterns of birds such as clay pigeons, though that might just be because the Earth is flat, of course.
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