Hurricane Helene + Milton

From the Gauntlet, With Love

The struggle on the East Coast after two major hurricanes is not an unfamiliar feeling on the Gulf Coast

The Antagonist Magazine
4 min readOct 11, 2024

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Photo by The Tampa Bay Estuary Program on Unsplash

Lately, a lot has been discussed regarding the widespread misinformation about Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton. What is clear to those of us who have endured such disasters at that scale is that most of the people spreading lies have never had to deal with any of it. Sure, they’ve probably donated money here and there but what do they really know?

Did they suddenly forget about all the previous hurricanes a third of the country has contended with over the last three decades? Are they new to this planet?

No question that bots amplified much of the misinformation but when it comes from loudmouths like former president Donald Trump, his cronies, and influencers with millions of followers who are thousands of miles away in their comfy La-Z-Boys, bots are the least of our worries. The idea that so many people can be so easily duped — as if a slow federal government response is something new — while ignoring the people suffering is a huge problem in this country.

We all point to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the obvious racial motivations behind the horridly slow…

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Arturo Dominguez
The Antagonist Magazine

Journalist covering Congress, Racial Justice, Human Rights, Cuba, Texas | Editor: The Antagonist Magazine |