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Why hurricanes have human names
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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 0 points 7 monthsOct 24, 2024 07:30:12 ago (+0/-0)

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

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 7 monthsOct 24, 2024 07:08:24 ago (+0/-0)

They purposefully misspelled this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary

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Why hurricanes have human names
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