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.
“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 ).