Hurricane Debby Conspiracies Strengthen After Storm Tracker Travels to Charleston

Meteorologist Jim Cantore has been dispatched to Charleston, South Carolina, ahead of Hurricane Debby's arrival, according to The Weather Channel.

The storm was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early on Monday morning before making landfall in Florida's Big Bend, but Cantore's presence in South Carolina is what's brewing up quite the storm online.

Debby is predicted to bring gusty winds, storm-surge flooding, and a few tornados when it hits the area as a tropical storm later this week. In its most recent report , The Weather Channel said the storm poses a rainfall and flood threat, which it described as "potentially historic," something avid viewers online picked up on as soon as they heard who the network had sent for its live coverage of the area.

"Never a good sign when @JimCantore comes to town" one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote.

"You know shit is about to go down when @JimCantore is in your city," another joked.

"Oh, it's getting serious," another X user joked. "They canceled trash pickup this week. We've got Jim Cantore. Anyone know if the Coburg Cow is still up? Is it the apocalypse?"

Several others echoed these remarks on elsewhere across social media, with a handful confirming in the comments that Bessie A.K.A the "Coburg Cow" is a historical monument in the city of Charleston that's secondary function is as a storm predictor for Lowcountry locals , who cite the pattern of officials removing the statue before severe weather to prevent it from disappearing or being destroyed in stormy conditions as a good indicator of what's to come–just like Cantore's presence. (In this case, Bessie is still up and sporting a yellow raincoat ).

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According to the weather outlet, "If Cantore is in town, it means it’s time for everyone else to leave," and its latest predictions aren't anything to joke about.

The weather group forecasted on Monday, that once the speed behind Tropical Storm Debby comes to a halt, it could drop "historically heavy rainfall" across parts of southeast Georgia and the coastal plain of South Carolina that last through Saturday morning, which "will likely result in areas of catastrophic flooding."

"F​looding from rainfall could be exacerbated by winds blowing onshore along the Southeast coast," the Aug. 5 report continued, "That can prevent floodwaters from draining away toward the ocean."

So far, parts of western and central Florida have seen more than a foot of rainfall and tropical storm warnings will cover western and northern Florida into southern Georgia and coastal South Carolina into Tuesday.

A storm surge warning is also in effect along the Florida Big Bend from the middle of Longboat Key northward to Ochlockonee River and for the Georgia and South Carolina coasts with life-threatening conditions expected in these areas as the storm passes through.

Those who reside in a low-lying flood-prone areas are reminded to stay alert and follow the latest updates and warnings from the National Weather Service .

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