Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Really More Dangerous after Called Women’s Names Tropical Storm Emily surprised Florida without much warning on Monday, July 31, 2017. By that Tuesday, Emily had been downgraded from a “tropical storm” to a “depression,” which meant it was time for internet jokes about Emily and her feelings. Although the World Meteorological Organization now names hurricanes after men and women, storm names weren’t always so equally divided by gender. From roughly 1953 to 1979,…
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