September 15????

FACT CHECK:   Will a planet-changing comet cause “climate chaos” on Earth between September 15-28, 2015?

Claim:   A planet-changing comet will cause “climate chaos” on Earth between September 15-28, 2015.

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Origins:   In June 2015 a series of rumors (some versions of which had been circulated months earlier) spread online regarding a comet purportedly expected to hit the Earth between September 15-28, 2015. Reports of comet fears appeared on conspiracy-minded web sites such as Before Its News, where a 20 June 2015 post quoted a YouTube description of a related video:

Lyn Leahz shares about a phone call with her friend who was given inside information about a comet expected to hit the earth between September 15-28, 2015. Almost a year ago, the foreign minister of France three times publicly announced at a White House press conference a 500-day countdown to “climate chaos”, which will end on September 24, 2015. They know what is coming and have already told you — chaos will erupt on this planet in September 2015. Are you listening? Are you prepared?

In that excerpt alone, a number of veracity-related red flags were apparent. The “friend” from whom this “inside information” was gleaned in the cited phone call was not identified or described (we imagine that person was not an expert in space-related affairs), nor was any title or affiliation provided to explain what connection “Lyn Leahz” might have to this news.

A 29 April 2015 YouTube video published by user “Renee M” and titled “Confirmed-2.5 Mile Wide Comet Expected September 15-28 2015″ featured narration from an individual identifying herself as Lyn Leahz, and that clip was appended with a number of doomsday links:

I guess we can also add a sixth basket, and that is in prepping items: food, tools, medicines, etc. 

I was speaking to a friend yesterday who had run out of a particular ingredient that she loved but was hard to get hold of. It has a 3 year shelf life and yesterday she used up the last bit in the bottle and went to order some more to discover that there won't be any available until Christmas time. I asked her why she didn't hold 6 bottles on the shelf and re order when she only had 2 left. She said it had never occurred to her to do that. 

I find that unbelievable. I've just bought the 3 packs of marzipan I need for Christmas because I use real marzipan and it's really hard to get here and runs out in November. It's not like it's going to go off any time soon. If the shtf before December, at least we'll be eating Stollen!

My BS meter went off when i saw this on Drudge, so i googled David. He's a republican diehard..... Nuff said