06-03-2014, 01:19 PM
And yesterday came the news that Hurricanes with female names account for more deaths than those with male names.
Researchers examined more than 60 years of death tolls from the 94 hurricanes that hit the USA from 1950 to 2012 and found that hurricanes with a feminine name killed more people than those with male names. The scientists put the masculinity and femininity of some storm names on a rating scale.
The paper claimed that a masculine-named storm would kill about 15 people, but a hurricane of the same strength with a female name would kill about 42.
One reason for the discrepancy, according to the authors: A storm with a feminine name is seen as less threatening than one with a more masculine name.
This is when discarding Hurricane Katrina from the results, the deadliest known in the US.
At a subconscious level, we're simply not going to consider Hurricane Sheila to be as dangerous as Hurricane Michael. And it affects us even if we don't realize it does.
All Hurricanes should now be named after male villains. You can bet people would take Hurricane Darth Vader seriously, and nothing will clear out an area faster than hearing that Hurricane Hitler is on the way.
Researchers examined more than 60 years of death tolls from the 94 hurricanes that hit the USA from 1950 to 2012 and found that hurricanes with a feminine name killed more people than those with male names. The scientists put the masculinity and femininity of some storm names on a rating scale.
The paper claimed that a masculine-named storm would kill about 15 people, but a hurricane of the same strength with a female name would kill about 42.
One reason for the discrepancy, according to the authors: A storm with a feminine name is seen as less threatening than one with a more masculine name.
This is when discarding Hurricane Katrina from the results, the deadliest known in the US.
At a subconscious level, we're simply not going to consider Hurricane Sheila to be as dangerous as Hurricane Michael. And it affects us even if we don't realize it does.
All Hurricanes should now be named after male villains. You can bet people would take Hurricane Darth Vader seriously, and nothing will clear out an area faster than hearing that Hurricane Hitler is on the way.
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