From saints to coordinates
The era of female names
The modern naming system
Retiring the worst storms
Which 1941 novel by George R. Stewart featured a meteorologist naming a Pacific storm 'Maria'?
What was the name of the first Atlantic hurricane to officially receive a male name in July 1979?
gracie In 1953, the United States officially adopted a systematic, alphabetical list of female names to track Atlantic hurricanes.
In what year did the US Weather Bureau officially adopt an all-female naming list for Atlantic hurricanes?
gracie History of Hurricane Naming
They named every storm after women back then, Until seventy-nine brought the names of the men.
gracie A pioneering feminist activist led a successful campaign to end the gender bias of using only female names for destructive storms.
Before male names were introduced in the Atlantic in 1979, which basin first used male storm names in 1978?
Who was the feminist activist who campaigned in the 1970s against only using female names for destructive storms?
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.
Which group of people informally started naming Pacific storms after their wives and girlfriends during World War II?
How many years did the US Atlantic hurricane naming system exclusively use female names before adding male names?
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.