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'Gender' of final hurricane crossing onto US soil in 2008?
Current forecast: Last named Hurricane had a male name (94% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is Last named Hurricane had a male name with a probability of 94% (down 1% in last 1 day)
Back in the day Hurricanes were only given female names, this was not very nice so the custom was adjusted, these days the pre-arranged names for Hurricanes in the greater Atlantic area alternate between male names and female names; however some difficult letters are not used; Q, U, X, Y & Z.
This is a complete toss up, which gender name do you think will match the last hurricane to cross a US state beach or border by 11/30/08?
So far the following names have been used:
M - Arthur
F - Bertha
M - Cristobal
F - Dolly
M - Edouard
F - Fay
M - Gustav
Remaining and available for use this year are:
F - Hanna
M - Ike
F - Josephine
M - Kyle
F - Laura
M - Marco
F - Nana
M - Omar
F - Paloma
M - Rene
F - Sally
M - Teddy
F - Vicky
M - Wilfred
This is a complete toss up, which gender name do you think will match the last hurricane to cross a US state beach or border by 11/30/08?
So far the following names have been used:
M - Arthur
F - Bertha
M - Cristobal
F - Dolly
M - Edouard
F - Fay
M - Gustav
Remaining and available for use this year are:
F - Hanna
M - Ike
F - Josephine
M - Kyle
F - Laura
M - Marco
F - Nana
M - Omar
F - Paloma
M - Rene
F - Sally
M - Teddy
F - Vicky
M - Wilfred
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source. Eye must cross onto US beach or boder and must be a hurricane at some point during the time its eye is on US beach or border.
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Initial likelihoods: Last named Hurricane had a female name: 50%, Last named Hurricane had a male name: 50%
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Thank you for your note, actually this resolution is fairly straightforward, the assigned names alternate between male & female, ambiguous names can easily be determined by looking at the names on either side for example Gustavo (male) is followed by Hanna (female), followed by Ike (male), etc.
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