Study finds that hurricanes with female names kill more because they aren’t
taken
seriously
.http://boingboing.net/2017/07/07/study-finds-that-hurricanes-wi.html/amp …
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Replying to @scottpierce
How did Boing Boing pick that story up today? That study is from 2014 and is deeply flawed if not debunked: http://www.snopes.com/female-named-hurricanes-death/ …
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Replying to @karenmcgrane
I'm keeping this thread alive for the fact-checking and my own shame.
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All due credit to
@edyong209 who debunked this story first (at least for me) but the Snopes piece was a thorough analysis1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @karenmcgrane @scottpierce and
Good to know! Thanks dudes.
11:08 AM - 7 Jul 2017
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