If people in the path of a severe storm are judging the risk based on the storm's name, then this is potentially very dangerous." "Names are assigned arbitrarily, based on a predetermined list of alternating male and female names. of I.'s College of Business and the lead author on the study, said in a statement. "The problem is that a hurricane's name has nothing to do with its severity," said Kiju Jung, a then-doctoral student in marketing in the U. hurricane death reveals what the authors call an "unfortunate and unintended" byproduct of gendering hurricane names. The analysis, which looked at more than 60 years of U.S. HURRICANES WITH FEMALE-SOUNDING NAMES MORE DEADLYĪ 2014 study suggests the name storms are given matter, with people less likely to evacuate or take protective measures when the storm has a feminine-sounding name. When a tropical storm hits windspeeds around 119 kilometres per hour, it becomes a hurricane. It passes this threshold when it displays a rotating pattern and has wind speeds of at least 63 kilometres per hour.
Storms are given names to streamline communications and avoid confusion, NOAA says. When Agnarr arrived at the Valley of the Living Rock with his family and called for help, the trolls greeted their visitors. The way to fix up this fixer upper is to fix him up with youThe trolls referring to Kristoff in their attempt to set him up with Anna The trolls are a group of creatures who reside in the Valley of the Living Rock. Some parents may not find a storm bearing the same name as their child's favourite snowman threatening but rest assured, any storm that's strong enough to earn a moniker comes with risks. So hes a bit of a fixer upper, but we know what to do. Ana isn't, but Elsa does have a sister named "Anna," so we think it counts.Ī lot, according to science. The names for 2021 storms in both basins have been announced and we detect a theme, with Elsa and Ana gracing the Atlantic list, and Olaf on the Pacific.Įlsa and Olaf are characters from the Disney 'Frozen' franchise. Believe it or not, the Atlantic hurricane season is less than three months away, roaring onto the scene on June 1, 2021.Īnd the Pacific season is even closer, kicking off at the beginning of May.