A Fox News anchor started a social media frenzy after he told Floridians that they "are dead" when Hurricane Matthew hits.
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"This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. Because you can’t survive it. It’s not possible unless you’re very, very lucky. And your kids die, too," said Shepard Smith on Thursday.
Smith made the remarks while he was pointing out a cone of uncertainty map of Hurricane Matthew hitting Florida's east coast as a Category 4 hurricane. A 20-second clip of the news anchor was posted to Twitter and had many people with mixed reactions.
Another user compared Smith's comments to the popular comedy "Mean Girls," posting, "This is the 'you will get chlamydia and die' of weatherman."
Gov. Rick Scott had a very similar message to Floridans on Thursday morning at the state Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee stating that "this storm will kill you."
Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc in Haiti killing around 840 people. Many homes were also destroyed in Cuba and the Bahamas after battling intense winds and flooding.
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