Rush Limbaugh spent the first part of this week acting as a Hurricane Irma truther, but now it seems he’s taking cover.

On Thursday, the conservative radio host announced on his show that he’d be evacuating South Florida, where he lives, and would be off the air for the next couple of days. This comes mere days after he lambasted media stations for their coverage and storm preparers for battening down their hatches.

“May as well announce this: I’m not going to get into details because of the security nature of things, but it turns out that we will not be able to do the program here tomorrow,” Limbaugh said on his Thursday broadcast.

“We’ll be on the air next week, folks, from parts unknown... Tomorrow will be problematic. Legally impossible for us to originate the program out of here.”

Limbaugh has long been hell-bent on saying hurricanes and storms like it are part of a liberal conspiracy solely aimed at furthering the discussion on climate change, but his claims about Irma in his Tuesday broadcast sent many over the edge.

How is it legal for Rush Limbaugh to undercut cat 5 hurricane warnings? If ppl don't evacuate & die because of him can't he be charged? — Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) September 6, 2017

To have @rushlimbaugh suggest the warnings about #Irma are #fake or about profit and to ignore them borders on criminal. #ShameOnRush — Al Roker (@alroker) September 6, 2017

Rush Limbaugh spent show mocking fears raised by scientists @ #Irma. People listen to that, they believe him. Now HE is evacuating. #shame — Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) September 8, 2017

Limbaugh ranted on air, “Here comes a hurricane, local media goes on the air, ‘Big hurricane coming, oh, my God! Make sure you got batteries. Make sure you got water. It could be the worst ever. Have you seen the size of this baby? It’s already a Cat 5. Oh, my God, oh, my God, it’s bigger than the island of Haiti. Oh, my God.’ People run to the stores, they stock up everything, and they hoard. And they end up with vacant stores, nothing there. And it’s a big success. TV stations got eyeballs, the advertising businesses have sold out of business, gotta restock and the cycle repeats.”

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He also said that “all you need is to create the fear and panic accompanied by talk that climate change is causing hurricanes to become more frequent and bigger and more dangerous, and you create the panic, and it’s mission accomplished, agenda advanced.”

In addition to announcing his relocating to “parts unknown,” Limbaugh still doubled down on his statements from earlier in the week.

“The views expressed by the host of this program documented to be almost always right 99.8 percent of the time,” he said. “There is a reason for that because we engage in a relentless and unstoppable pursuit of the truth and we find and proclaim it and that happens to drive people crazy.”

The devastation of Hurricane Irma is expected to be even more catastrophic than that of 1992′s monster storm Hurricane Andrew.

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Matt Scally takes the letters of the marquee at the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre as they prepare for Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in Miami.

The Marathon gas store at NW 27th Place and NW 119th Street has their windows boarded in Miami.

Gus Sousa and Winston Mora (L-R) put hurricane shutters on a business as they prepare for Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in Miami.

A couple watch from the shore at heavy surf as hurricane Irma approaches Puerto Rico.

A man with an umbrella walks on a sidewalk as Hurricane Irma approaches Puerto Rico in Luquillo, on September 6, 2017. Irma is expected to reach the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by nightfall on September 6. / AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO (Photo credit should read RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents work together to fill sandbags for each other at Bobby Hicks Park as residents prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 5, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.

Kelly Harrington places a sandbag in front of the door of her new home.

Ed Fluker arranges the last remaining gas containers on otherwise empty shelves at The Home Depot in Lady Lake, Florida.

A Home Depot store employee helps to load bags of sand for customers in the Little Havana neighborhood in Miami.

Shoppers in a Home Depot store wait for plywood in the Little Havana neighborhood in Miami.

Windows of a restaurant are boarded up as part of preparations for arrival of Hurricane Irma on in Simpson Bay, on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin.

A shopper in Sedano's Supermarket looks at nearly empty water shelves in the Little Havana neighborhood in Miami.

Workers install storm shutters as hurricane Irma approaches Puerto Rico in Fajardo.

A sand seawall is placed in front of the hotel KKO, as part of preparations for arrival of Hurricane Irma on the beach in Orient Bay, on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin.

A picutre taken on September 5, 2017 shows timber in a truck as people buy goods as part of preparations for arrival of Hurricane Irma in Marigot, on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin.

People line up to get their propane tanks filled as they prepare for Hurricane Irma in Miami.

Windows of a car dealer are protected by tape and sandbags, on September 4, 2017 in Marigot.

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