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Today's forecast: Cloudy with less sexism than in the 1970s. [Hi , Welcome {NAME} Click Here F R E E siknNNBm-OiQOQU2QLqmkL2skBkmBqqimL0fsoJTCo3wIhEmO0iAPbwADkgQDBpAm_nkpUp2e2moJTCMGnGm7hllq Every year, starting in late summer and extending through the fall, the North Atlantic Ocean experiences hurricane season. The destruction of some of these storms is hard to fathom; the fallout from big ones, like Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and superstorm Sandy in 2012 are still discussed -- and felt -- today. But if it weren’t for a change in the weather forecasting industry in the 1970s, we wouldn’t be talking about Hurricane Andrew -- and maybe not Sandy -- today. Rather, we’d likely be discussing Hurricane Andrea and maybe superstorm Sandra. Because before the 1979 Hurricane system, the official naming conventions required that the storms only be named after women. get="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0000ff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">as Atlas Obscura notes, “describing storms over Australia, New Zealand, and the Arctic, Wragge originally plucked names from Greek and Roman mythology, then moved on to the names of Pacific Island women whose beauty caught his eye.” But his naming habit was inconsistent and, as a result, it didn’t catch on right away. While his coworkers appreciated that giving a storm a name made it easier to discuss -- storms move, and describing them by location, as was the practice, was imprecise -- they didn't see a need to name every storm. And for the next half-century or so, hurricanes and similar storms were given names here and there, but it was hardly common. World War II changed that. As Atlas Obscura continues, “with Air Force and Navy meteorologists naming tropical cyclones after their wives and girlfriends back home." While their original motivation was, like Wragge's, most ornamental than practical, these weathermen (perhaps accidentally) established the value of having an unambiguous way to refer to the various weather-related threats to American ships and planes. So in 1953, the National Weather Service (then known as the United States Weather Bureau), decided to formalize this practice. The Service has given a name to every hurricane since -- but, for the first 25 years, only named the storm after women. --------------------------------------------------------------- ;gratitude, you'll have an ad-free Now I Know experience going forward.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus fact: Some of Clement Wragge’s early storm names served a purpose beyond the practical -- it also allowed Wragge to have some fun at the expense of politicians he didn’t like. As Atlas Obscura notes in the above-lined article, “when public figures opposed his projects, Wragge tacked their names onto storms, allowing him to take pleasure in reporting certain politicians as “causing great distress,” or “wandering aimlessly about the Pacific.” From the Archives: arget="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0000ff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">The T-Word You Couldn't Talk About: When the Weather Bureau banned the word "tornado" from forecasts (and why). Like today's Now I Know? Share it with a friend -- just forward this email along. And if someone forwarded this to you, consider signing up! Just click target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0000ff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">here. ext-align: center;text-decoration: none;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Share Privacy Policy](siknNNBm-OiQOQU2QLqmkL2skBkmBqqimL0fsoJTCo3wIhEmO0iAPbwADkgQDBpAm_nkpUp2e2moJTCMGnGm7hllq)