name-sexism leads to hurricane deaths

Tue Jun 10 16:24:43 UTC 2014

Didn't we already discuss this claim, and its debunking?  Cf.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/06/03/are_hurricanes_named_after_women_more_dangerous_not_so_fast.html

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/02/why-have-female-hurricanes-killed-more-people-than-male-ones/

LH

On Jun 10, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Docs say folks just ain't scared of lady hurricanes:
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> http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-deadliest-hurricanes-have-female-names-study-20140602-story.html
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> JL
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