fandomsandfeminism:

bemusedlybespectacled:

afloweroutofstone:

washingtonpost:

Not the stuff of sci-fi satire. This is a real finding from a real study: Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them.

”’[Our] model suggests that changing a severe hurricane’s name from Charley … to Eloise … could nearly triple its death toll,’ the study says.”

Oh my fucking god

I am actually dying that is so fucking funny.

I….I’m actually speechless.