Why is the Trump hurricane map different from others?

After days of unproven assertions that Hurricane Dorian was to reach Alabama, President Donald Trump posted on Wednesday in the Oval Office an apparently falsified map that showed that Alabama was found on the way of the storm.

The map displayed by Trump was identical to a model produced last week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, showing the projected hurricane route that would cross central Florida – with one essential difference. At the end of the initial projection, a smaller black circle that appeared to have been drawn in Sharpie was created to include Alabama in the model.

"We actually had our original painting that would end up hitting Florida directly," Trump m said, holding the card while he was sitting in the oval office on Wednesday alongside US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan. "It was going to strike directly, it would have affected many other states." But that was the original story – it was going to affect not only Florida, Georgia, but also the Gulf. [of Mexico]. That was what had originally been projected. And that took a right turn and ultimately we hope to be lucky. "

Here is the Trump map displayed:

And here is the original projection of the NOAA:

"I know that Alabama was in the initial forecast, they thought it would have a piece of it," Trump said. "We have a better map … in any case, Alabama was hit, even slightly, in some cases, pretty hard, they gave it a 95% chance."

Asked about the discrepancies with the original map, Trump replied, "I do not know, I do not know."

This episode was the last of a strange cycle in which Trump had doubled and tripled including Alabama among the states that, he said, were on the way to hurricane. It began Sunday morning when Trump tweeted: "In addition to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama will most likely be affected (much) harder than expected." At that time, the hurricane path was to go up the east coast, avoiding Alabama.

"It looks like one of the biggest hurricanes ever recorded," he added. "Already Category 5. BE CAREFUL THAT GOD BLESSES EVERYONE!"

About 20 minutes later, the National Weather Service of Birmingham, Alabama, tweeted: "Alabama will NOT see the effects of #Dorian. "

"We repeat, no impact of the hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama ", the NWS added. "The system will stay too far to the east."

Shortly after, Trump told reporters outside Marine One that the hurricane "seems to be heading to South Carolina, to North Carolina.Georgia is going to be affected.Alabama is going to have a piece, it looks like ".

"But he can still change course and he could return more to Florida," said Trump. "So we will know that we will learn over the next few years, probably in less than 24 hours, but it's a very, very powerful hurricane."

Then, at a meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which Trump attended, the president said the hurricane "could draw a little bit of a great place: it's called Alabama," adding that "the state" could even cause at least very strong winds and something different. more than that, it could be. This has just happened, unfortunately. "

Sure On MondayTrump was upset by ABC News reporting on Alabama's claim, tweeting: "Such a fictitious report about a hurricane by a light-weight journalist @jonkarl of @ABCWorldNews. I suggested yesterday at FEMA that, with Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and even North Carolina, Alabama could possibly come into play, which was true. "

"They made a lot of noise about this while in fact, in some original scenarios, it was true that Alabama could have been hurt," he added. "It's always good to be prepared! But Fake News is only interested in humiliation and depreciation." "Not played all my sentence or statement." people!"

The White House and the National Meteorological Service did not immediately respond to NBC News's requests for comment on the map. The White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement to CNN, during a briefing at Camp David, that it was "important that the focus only not put on the "line or course" of the hurricane. "

"Despite the fact that Dorian finally landed," the extent of the wind field is large "and there remained" a lot of uncertainty, "" she added. "His comments were just rating those points, and with Alabama's proximity to Florida, that makes sense."

The "knowingly" dissemination of false weather information goes against federal law.

"Anyone who knowingly publishes or publishes a counterfeit weather forecast or warning that weather conditions falsely indicate that this forecast or warning has been issued or published by the Weather Office, the United States Signal Service, or any other branch of the service. government, is liable to a fine fine or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both, "reads the code US 2074.