Why all cyclones and hurricanes are feminine named ?

Answer 1

They used to have all feminine names but that was changed a number of years ago. It is now equal opportunity in the storm category.

Answer 2

The NHC (National Hurricane Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Named Hurricanes feminine names from 1953 to 1979, then they added Men's names to the list. So no, there are masculine names indeed

Answer 3

They're alternately given alphabetical male and female names, once each letter of the alphabet has been used they're given the names of the Greek letters.

The first hurricane of 2005 was named Arlene, then Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin etc. 2005 was a bad season for hurricanes and once the alphabet had been gone through the hurricanes were named Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta etc.

Answer 4

In 1953 the U.S. Weather Service began giving hurricanes the names of girls. In 1979 they changed to giving hurricanes boy and girl names to hurricanes.

Answer 5

In the U.S., they have not used all female names since 1979:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml

Here are the names for the next 6 years:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

The next one this year will be Chantal, as Andrea fizzled out, and Barry brought some much needed rain to FL and GA - neither reached hurricane status.

Answer 6

This Benefit should be given to the home insurances
companies...Cause,,,We are not the catastrophe,,,
I assume they are,,,,we are just the victims...
imagine they want to now CHARGE YOU FOR WIND..
as Flood has been separated from wind...WHEN ITS CONSIDERED BY mother nature that a Storm is wind and flood....are but one catastrophe
and the Real Cyclone is what they try to gain...
they Circulate your Dollar,,,into the WINDS...OF
DISASTER,,,

Answer 7

They are not all named after females any more.
A few years ago, the women's movement made an issue of that fact, so they now name some with male names.

Answer 8

hurricanes because otherwise they'd be himmocanes!
cyclones because there is nothing like the wrath of a woman...

Answer 9

They aren't! Where did you get that idea? They are about half boy-named and half girl-named!


http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html

Answer 10

They used to be but they aren't any more.
I think in the past it was representative of the destruction caused by the other actions of women.