Because when they come, they're wild and wet. But when they go, they take your house and car with them... True Story!!
2006-08-16 17:07:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Well, some are named after Men but the bad ones are always female named. Yep, true story.
2006-08-16 17:18:25 · update #1
Well, in certain countries they give female names to typhoons, it's because they say women are unpredictable, just like the weather. Moody, can be very destructive.
2006-08-16 17:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by Muffin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bad ones have only had female names because the gals have had a 30 year head start.
And it's only a coincidence that the bad hurricanes recently have had women's names.
And if the NHC was doing its job properly last year, Tropical Storm Katrina would have been a minimal tropical storm around Mexico and Hurricane Lee would have been the storm that everybody would have been talking about. They missed a subtropical storm last year that should have been named.
BTW, my name is Lee and I really wanted a strong storm to share my name :(
2006-08-17 04:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by enigma_frozen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hurricanes:
Juan
Floyd
Charlie etc etc.
Not really
Those are just off the top of the head.
Technically, there are 13 girl names and 13 boy names.
If a hurricane is named a girl "a" name
(Alicia)
The next HAS to be a "b" name, and it has to be the opposite sex.
(Bob)
2006-08-16 17:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every other hurricane is a female name and the others are male.
2006-08-16 18:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FYI The named storms alternate between masculine and feminine names!
2006-08-16 17:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by OOO! I know! I know! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not...they are named for a man one time, a female the next. I guess your theory can work both ways.
2006-08-16 17:11:30 · answer #6 · answered by redpaynt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the names are 50% female, 50% male, so your theory is wrong. http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
2006-08-16 17:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma
looks like half of those were men's names. unless youve ever met a man named stan or harvey.
2006-08-16 17:15:20 · answer #8 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because a hurricane can be a real b i t c h.
2006-08-16 17:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the more recent divorce cases when we got equality boy did we get more than we bargained for lol:-)
2006-08-16 17:12:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋