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Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don't respect them, study finds
Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don't respect them, study finds
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.
washingtonpost.com




Hurricane sexism is a thing.... like, really?
HOW?!? IT'S A FREAKING HURRICANE!!
Shit, I thought that this was satire at first
But there are categories that indicate the severity...
Reminds me of a Ron White bit; "It isn’t that the wind is blowin’. It’s what the wind is blowin’. If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn’t really matter how many sit-ups you did that morning."
This story always makes me facepalm.