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Study: People fear male-named hurricanes more

(AP) -- Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds. But here

News 12 Staff

Jun 2, 2014, 7:11 PM

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