Are Female Hurricanes Deadlier?

I read an interesting article published by CNN about a study conducted on how hurricanes with female names caused higher degree of impact. The study revealed that storms that had female names seemed to cause far more damage than their "male" counterparts. The real reason the study concluded was because many people undermine the potence of a storm with a female name! Sexists.

Now to some intriguing statistics that got me thinking.

* The study was conducted between 1950 and 2012. Thats about 62 years. The study range is considerable.

* Until 1979, all storms carried Female names. This renders the data from the first 29 years unreliable.  

* Two storms that caused huge devastations were not included in the study and were called "Statistical Outliners". They were Katrina (2005) and Audrey (1957).

The study however says that the conclusion is not just based on data. And that some psycho-analytic experiments were conducted to back up the claim. In those experiments, participants were observed to simply underestimate the impact of a storm judging their intensity by their names.

My take: There could be some truth in what the study concludes. Take that with a grain of salt. Not being judgemental - sexism is still rampant in our society, world-wide. It is thus not surprising why a "female" storm is perceived to be less deadly. To me, the learning from this study is how social-psychology plays a large part in saving people's lives! The question is, should we go by the result of this study and call all storms with male names?