Hurricanes with feminine names cause more damage than storms with masculine names: study

MarketWatch ^ | 06/03/2014 | Staff of MarketWatch

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What’s in a name? Apparently, when it comes to hurricanes, a lot. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that, for Atlantic Coast hurricanes in the U.S., storms with feminine names lead to more deaths than those with masculine names. The best explanation for this, according to the Economist, is that people do not take hurricanes with women’s names as seriously as storms with men’s names. The researchers actually tested this theory — and produced supporting results. They picked five male and five female names from the list to be used for this year’s hurricanes and asked 350 people to predict a fictional storm’s strength and intensity based solely on the names. People predicted “male” hurricanes would do more damage than “female” storms, the study found.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Was there any doubt...?

[US Navy Vet]

Wee Aien’t this a BITCH!

[left that other site]

Oh, I don’t know...Hugo and Charlie were both pretty bad.

[cripplecreek]

Supercane Killzilla actually saves lives.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I can hear Corrine Brown (who wears a wig on top of her other wig) or Sheila Jackson Lee (who wants to return to Mars) saying, “then just name them all after men!”

[justlurking]

I propose the next hurricane be called "Obama".

That will scare the crap out of everyone in its path.

[Sacajaweau]

Maybe they’re really transgender...after all...we know that men are more aggressive.

[PapaNew]

It’s the old “Hell Hath No Fury” syndrome.

[a fool in paradise]

"Watch it, sucker!"

[BitWielder1]

Katrina alone probably tipped the scales and it's still Bush's fault.

[a fool in paradise]

Just don't be naming any of them after Saint Trayvon. He wouldn't hurt a fly.

[PapaNew]

These hurricanes are sexist and probably racist. Yeah, and government should do something about it, like confine everybody to their quarters until further notice.

[anoldafvet]

We actually paid money for this “study”?

[dfwgator]

When will there be a Hurricane Shaniqua?

Hurricanes are racist!

[a fool in paradise]

The damage in New Orleans was because of poor flood control, not the damage from the storm.

[a fool in paradise]

People predicted “male” hurricanes would do more damage than “female” storms, the study found.

White Males caused the most harm to women, children, and minorities in the fictional examples, no doubt.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Was it SJL who wanted ethnic names? Can you imagine a Trayvon hurricane doing a lot of damage then NOAA being sued for racism? lol

[a fool in paradise]

“Name a space rocket after him, just not one of those that’s going to blow up in space!”