I should have known better

Tri-State_1925 · #1 Postby **Tri-State_1925** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:59 pm

I admit I was wrong. Frances is a female name after all...I was trying to deny it, but its true. And it is doing what female-named storms have typically done over the past 15-20 years...crapping out. History repeating itself...it takes a strong male name in this day and age to cause serious wind damage.

Not even the warmest gulf stream waters will strengthen this storm, which quite frankly is embarrassing itself right now. It's absolutely killing itself by sitting stationary and churning up cooler water. Not to mention that this will be yet another storm that sets back future evacuations. "You mean we evacuated for THIS?" That's what a lot of people are going to say.

siobhan222 · #2 Postby **siobhan222** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:03 pm

I hope you're right about the weakening and I hope you're wrong about the future evacuations.

As for female name vs. male name, well ... I don't have enough experience to say either way, but that seems a little bit sexist. I didn't think storms were male chauvinists! Hee hee.

Siobhan in PBG

Website · #3 Postby **FritzPaul** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:06 pm

I don't now the year, but storms use to be all female names if I had to guess around late 70's they started the current male/female alternation.

Janie34 · #4 Postby **Janie34** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:07 pm

Sounds sexist to me too.

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #5 Postby **senorpepr** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:08 pm

Camille in 1969 sure didn't "crap" out before she reached Mississippi.

inotherwords · #6 Postby **inotherwords** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:08 pm

Frances is female, Francis is male.

The names alternate male/female, so Earl was the last one, that's male. Therefore Frances is female not only by spelling, but by order. As far as the female named storms "crapping out" and the male ones not, I think this reveals more about the poster than the post.

#7 Postby **tronbunny** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:15 pm

I'm just guessing it's an offhand observation.
I don't think it's sexist, just and observation.
Gender is only a differentiation of identity.

I'd like to see hard data to support this.

:-)

Website · #8 Postby **FritzPaul** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:15 pm

I just looked it up and 1979 is the first year there was male males. I'm sure people around Mobile remember that year because of Fredrick.

AL Chili Pepper · #9 Postby **AL Chili Pepper** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:22 pm

You know what? I'm tired of seeing people on TV griping about having had to evacuate unnecessarily. As long as there aren't kids involved, I say let 'em.

#10 Postby **dhweather** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:23 pm

senorpepr wrote:Camille in 1969 sure didn't "crap" out before she reached Mississippi.

No, Camille crapped all over Mississippi.

Skywatch_NC · #11 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:25 pm

Next month will be the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel.

Eric

#12 Postby **BocaGirl** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:36 pm

Tri-State_1925 wrote: Not to mention that this will be yet another storm that sets back future evacuations. "You mean we evacuated for THIS?" That's what a lot of people are going to say.

Not going to say. Saying it now. There are some big fights in some of the shelters with folks who want to go back. The next time they won't leave. Guaranteed. And the next time, people won't be so quick to board up or get out the shutters.

Of course, it ain't over til it's over.

BocaGirl
Barbara

sea oat · #13 Postby **sea oat** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:41 pm

and let's not forget Beulah, Betsy, Opal, and Eloise

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