Rural Revolution: “Idaho destroyed today”

Over the weekend, Southern Idaho got slammed by severe storms that resulted in widespread flooding and associated damage. I did a quick search on YouTube for more information and saw a lot of dramatic footage.

The trouble with searching for anything on YouTube, however, is the algorithm then assumes you want to see more and more on that particular subject … which is why I was so amused to see this ridiculous clickbait video pop up: “Idaho destroyed today!”

The video showed legitimate footage of the storm, so perhaps it’s more accurate to say the featured image was clickbait. Ahem, notice the preponderance of palm trees and dramatic hurricane-level flooding in the image. In Idaho. The last time Idaho was hit by a hurricane was, well, never.

Ah, artificial intelligence…..