Famous Hurricanes
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The following are all famous hurricanes which people still remember years later. But which one of these famous hurricanes is different from all the rest?
Hurricane Betsy of 1965
Hurricane Agnes of 1972
Hurricane Bob of 1979
Hurricane Juan of 1985
Hurricane Andrew of 1992
Hurricane Fran of 1996
HintThe years are important, because the names are reused.
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Answer
Bob of 1979. The other five are very destructive storms. Bob was a minor storm, but Bob is not remembered for what it did. Bob is remembered for being the first "himicane". Prior to 1979 all storms had female names.
The years are important because a storm name is reused six years later, unless it was a particularly destructive storm. Thus Bob of 1979 is also the only one on the list whose name was later reused (in 1985 and 1991).
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sayaah92   
Aug 19, 2006
| Not very hard for me, we just learned about hurricanes in school  But it was still real fun.  |
calmsavior 
Sep 17, 2006
| i heard from somewhere that Andrew is not being used anymore |
drussel3
Jun 14, 2007
| Hard one, I didn't get it, but thanks, i learned something. |
Grandpapete
Apr 01, 2008
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So call them himicanes. |
Meganan
Apr 01, 2008
| Went on gut feeling and I wa right.   |
bradon182001
Apr 01, 2008
| Me too, Meganan. I do recall hearing that Bob was the first male name given to a hurricane so that must have been stuck in the back of my mind. Good bit of information, thanks for posting.  |
Scubee
Apr 01, 2008
| "Himicane". Now that's funny! |
doehead 
Apr 01, 2008
| Then there is a third kind. ONACANE. Usually found after broken legs |
locutus13ds
Apr 01, 2008
| well blow me down! |
auntiesis
Apr 01, 2008
| Took a guess and got it right, but the most wicked storms I remember were Dolly in 1954, and Gloria in the 80's. I got caught in both of them.  |
mondayschild59
Apr 01, 2008
| Too hard for me this morning or afternoon. Late nights will do that to ya. It was fun trying though.
Monday~ |
harrypotter4444
Apr 01, 2008
| AWESOME TEASER!!!!!1!!1 |
igotbrains
Apr 01, 2008
| i thought it was hard even though I got it right. |
abrain
Apr 01, 2008
| fun teaser. I remember most of them but I had forgotten the first himicane |
SwimmerGirl
Apr 01, 2008
| I got it right, but for the wrong reason. I picked it because it is the only one that doesn't have an even number in its year.  |
hockeyfan_94
Apr 01, 2008
| I picked Juan, the only non-American name.  After I read the answer, I realized that I probably should have gotten it.  |
carolyns
Apr 02, 2008
| Wow, that was very informative. I love to learn new things!!! |
Lassie730
Apr 04, 2008
|
Great teaser. Had forgotten
about hurricane Bob. |
avonma
Aug 30, 2008
| I didn't remember "himicanes" or Hurricane Bob. So learned a lot. Thanks - very interesting. |
kittygirl19 
Aug 29, 2009
| i am going t0 name this rainstorm fran |
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