Study: People fear male-named hurricanes more
WASHINGTON — Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
But here is Victoria's secret: Hurricanes with feminine names turn out to be deadlier in the United States than their more macho-sounding counterparts, probably because their monikers make people underestimate their danger, the researchers conclude.
In fact, the two deadliest storms to make landfall in the U.S. since 1979, when male names were introduced, were named Katrina and Sandy.
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Shavitt said both men and women rated female storms less scary and they both "are likely to believe that women are milder and less aggressive." It fits with other research about gender perception differences, she said. Sandy, while it can also be a male name, was chosen as a female name by weather authorities in 2012. Shavitt said it also ranked as rather feminine when she asked a small group of people to assess names on a masculine-feminine scale.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/top-news/study-people-fear-male-named-hurricanes-more/ngCFX/ .
[font color=green]If Skittles reads this thread I'm gonna get my ass kicked, indeed![/font] 
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that was called "Usagi", which is the Japanese name for "Rabbit". As Monty Python's King Arthur would say, "That Rabbit was dynamite!"
yes, it's possible for hurricanes to be even more unpopular. 
Hurricane Hillary might cause all the teabaggers in Houston to flee to your hometown! 
