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Why hurricanes have human names

submitted by boekanier to funny 7 monthsOct 24, 2024 01:38:05 ago (+8/-0)     (pomf2.lain.la)

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That's an amusing story, but it's unsourced in the BBC article. It's probably true, though, because Wragge was Australian, and in the US, meteorologists began using female names originally.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4268588.stm