The Weather Channel Has Gone Rogue

When one thinks of political revolutions, what usually springs to mind are incendiary punk rock bands or Che Guevara guerrilla fighters. Rarely—if ever—do meteorologists come to mind. But after Trump’s announcement yesterday that he was backing America out of the Paris climate accords, the Weather Channel has gone full rogue. It looks like the new revolution won’t be fought with guns or microphones, but with angry articles written by experts on barometric pressure.

Almost immediately following Trump’s announcement, the Weather Channel’s home page flipped from mundane articles about relative sunshine amounts, to well-coordinated, furious exposés on climate change. Here’s what the front page looked like immediately following Trump’s conference:

Naturally, social media took notice and began to commend the website for being such an unlikely source of anti-Trump sentiments.