Showing posts with label Meteorology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meteorology. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Meteorology and Psychology: Female Named Hurricane Kill more people than Male Named Hurricanes

Recent research seems to indicate hurricanes with female names kill more people than hurricanes with male. This is not due to the name, but the perception of people. People perceive female named hurricanes as less dangerous than their male counterparts. Ironically, it is the people with the greatest gender bias that tend to be killed in such hurricanes. So, you could say Mother Nature make the human population less gender bias by removing the worst offenders. You can read and listen to the story here: Americans less fearful of Storms Named After Women

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Tornado Iowa City









Use the posted images and the Fujita scale given in class to determine rating for the tornado that hit Iowa City, Iowa.