Here’s a riddle: Why would a Hurricane Alexandra be deadlier - TopicsExpress



          

Here’s a riddle: Why would a Hurricane Alexandra be deadlier than an identical Hurricane Alexander? Because females don’t get respect. Not even 100 mile-per-hour typhoons, if they’re dubbed with female names. Researchers find that female-named hurricanes kill about twice as many people as similar male-named hurricanes because some people underestimate them. Americans expect male hurricanes to be violent and deadly, but they mistake female hurricanes as dainty or wimpish and don’t take adequate precautions. nytimes/2014/06/12/opinion/nicholas-kristof-she-gets-no-respect.html?smid=fb-share
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:46:43 +0000

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