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Can this effect be reasonably prevented? See http://xkcd.com/915/ http://xkcd.com/915/ : some hurricane names will always be more threatening than other hurrica
by scythe 12y ago
Can this effect be reasonably prevented? See http://xkcd.com/915/ http://xkcd.com/915/ : some hurricane names will always be more threatening than other hurricane names, and will induce consequently more preparation. But the only thing to which people compare the names of hurricanes is the names of other hurricanes (and maybe other named storms), so there must always be a least threatening hurricane name, etc. Even if we took the "nuclear" route and named hurricanes after, for example, historical tyrants (Hurricane Genghis, Hurricane Adolf, etc) this could happen nonetheless.
- aragot 12y agoExcellent reference; Do you think if sorted names by increasing threat level we would succeed to reach a constant preparation?
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- jessaustin 12y agoThis seems to suggest that hurricanes should not be named in advance. If all we know is that a hurricane of a particular strength will hit tomorrow, we won't hang around due to gender prejudice. Then when we find out next week that the hurricane is named Daenerys we'll realize we shouldn't have worried about it.
- baddox 12y agoIt's possible that not giving hurricanes easily-recognizable names would cause even less preparedness and risk estimation.