Female-Named Hurricanes Kill More Than Male Hurricanes Because People Don’t Respect Them, Study Says

Washington Post ^ | June 2 | Jason Samenow

[nickcarraway]

People don’t take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study.

Female-named storms have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor take the same precautions, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes.

Researchers at the University of Illinois and Arizona State University examined six decades of hurricane death rates according to gender, spanning 1950 and 2012. Of the 47 most damaging hurricanes, the female-named hurricanes produced an average of 45 deaths compared to 23 deaths in male-named storms, or almost double the number of fatalities. (The study excluded Katrina and Audrey, outlier storms that would skew the model).

The difference in death rates between genders was even more pronounced when comparing strongly masculine names versus strongly feminine ones.

[P-Marlowe]

Wouldn’t it have been ironic if they had named Katrina something like Lakisha?

[pax_et_bonum]

At least now they’re appeased by having names.

Looks like not naming hurricanes REALLY annoys them:

http://www.1900storm.com/

[max americana]

I only respect hurricanes when they’re hot s/

[MaxMax]

Meanwhile, every mass murderer has eaten carrots.

[MaxMax]

I’m waiting for the hurricane named Lewinski.

[edpc]

I wonder if the study showed 1998 Hurricane Georges was so fierce and deadly because people mocked its effeminate name.

[xp38]

Yes and the NOW nags moaned about it until finally the Hurricane nabobs went to an alternating male female naming system that is with us to this day.

[TurboZamboni]

This is “science” so we first need “consensus” on the names.

We all know consensus IS science.

[lee martell]

Satire: right? I recall that lady name Katrina filling brave men with fear and uncertainty.

[RegulatorCountry]

Fine. Name them all Pat, then. Pat I, Pat II, Pat III, Pat IV ...

[PLMerite]

I thought they were going to say female-named storms only killed 77% as many people as male-named storms.

[stevie_d_64]

“Researchers at the University of Illinois and Arizona State University...”

Obviously universities that experience hurricanes frequently enough to be motivated to conduct such a study...

Also...

I hope no one has any kids going to these schools of higher educa...uhhhhhh, grant writers...

How/who did they get money to/from conduct this research???

[stevie_d_64]

That’s Racist!!!

And its a war on women!!!

uhhhhh...Sorry I forgot.../sarcasm

[stevie_d_64]

You forgot:

Poison Ivy

and

Cruella Deville

;-)

[edpc]

It depends on what the definition of “blow” is.......