Hurricane Katrina has done one good thing...

[MalibuChloe]

She's gotten rid of that stupid freeper rumor that liberals insisted that hurricanes no longer be named after women.

Anyone else heard that one?

Idiots.

[Siyahamba]

1. Let's call the next one Hurricane Ann

;)

[petronius]

2. That's a new one for me

In the past, they were all named for women, but I doubt the inclusion of men was some sort of 'librul' crusade...

Still, there's no accounting for the freeper "mind".

[sandnsea]

3. Well it's partly true

It was feminists that insisted hurricanes not be named after women, which is why we have the male/female system we have now. Seems like that happened back in the 70's some time.

[SheilaT]

4. 1979 was the first year

men's names were also used.

As a female, it made me crazy growing up that hurricanes only had female names. It certainly felt to me as if there were a subtext of women being this violent and crazy.

Speaking as a feminist, of course.