Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/02/female-named-hurricanes-kill-more-than-male-because-people-dont-respect-them-study-finds/ …
@jacremes Are we confident about the methodology here? I haven't read the study, but could easily see its findings being oversimplified.
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@mtracey No, the study actually seems pretty crappy. (I haven't read it--I'm just judging from the linked article.) -
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@mtracey But given the history of hurricane naming (naming them after women was in order to make them sound less dangerous), it's notable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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