How hurricanes get their names
Chapter 1
From saints to coordinates
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Chapter 2
The era of female names
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Chapter 3
The modern naming system
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Chapter 4
Retiring the worst storms
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Master of How hurricanes get their names
Ch 2 · The era of female names
gracie History of Hurricane Naming
They named every storm after women back then, Until seventy-nine brought the names of the men.
Fun Fact
The first Bob: Hurricane Bob in 1979 was the first Atlantic hurricane to be given a male name, breaking a 26-year streak of only female names.
Glossary
hurricane (noun)
A violent tropical cyclone with winds of seventy-four miles per hour or greater. In 1953, the United States Weather Bureau began officially assigning women's names to these destructive storms.
A violent tropical cyclone with winds of seventy-four miles per hour or greater. In 1953, the United States Weather Bureau began officially assigning women's names to these destructive storms.
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How many years did the US Atlantic hurricane naming system exclusively use female names before adding male names?
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Who was the feminist activist who campaigned in the 1970s against only using female names for destructive storms?
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What was the name of the first Atlantic hurricane to officially receive a male name in July 1979?
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Which group of people informally started naming Pacific storms after their wives and girlfriends during World War II?
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Before male names were introduced in the Atlantic in 1979, which basin first used male storm names in 1978?
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In what year did the US Weather Bureau officially adopt an all-female naming list for Atlantic hurricanes?