Why Are Hurricanes With Female Names More Deadly?

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

 

“Female-named storms have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor take the same precautions, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes.” Read the full study here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/05/29/1402786111.abstract?sid=79a9dd5a-51c7-4dfe-95b0-25c41fec04e9

Read more from Washington Post here: 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/

Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) and Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks break down this story. Cenk also discusses some Hurricane stories from when he lived on South Beach in Miami. Does this research surprise you? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

Leave a Comment