Feminine Hurricanes Turned Cat-5 Every 28th Day

Far be it from me to blame bad weather on all women. I won't. Just three women: Katrina, Rita and Wilma.

Three sisters trying to make it in this world. And they're out looking for a good time and they don't care whose hearts they break. They give all other women a bad name.

And we've been relatively silent on the "LOLz women are teh suck!" jokes, although men like myself are not above such statements. No it's just been beaten to death, and it's too easy to throw a "time of the month" joke on the pile.

Or so I thought.

• Hurricane Katrina first became Category 5 on August 23.
• Hurricane Rita first became Category 5 on September 20.
• Hurricane Wilma first became Category 5 on October 18.

This was a well-regulated hurricane season, because these these hurricanes exceeded 150 mph winds at the same interval.

So, indeed, there was a Category 5 hurricane with a female name every 28 days.

Logically, the next storm will reach Category 5 status on November 15. And while the National Weather Service has blown through all the A-Z names, we still have those Greek letters.

• We're on Alpha. And it probably won't be Beta.
• It could be Gamma, because that's a common nickname for one's grandmother.
• Delta actually is a girl's name. They can even grow up to be famous.
• Epsilon is only a girl's name if the parents are Hollywood celebrities.
• Zeta is possible, if you're thinking of a certain Catherine.
• With Eta, nothing comes to mind, although to the Assistant Secretary to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is a woman.

After that it gets plain silly. So I'll take all my winnings, double-or-nothing, on Delta.

Article Author: Matthew T. Sussman

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