2008 Retired Hurrricane Names

[Squizz]

What Hurricanes in 2008 do you think will be retired? My predictions are Gustav and Ike. Any other ideas?

[Zach]

Dolly.

[lfmusiclover]

So far I see only Ike being retired. Nothing else has come close, IMO.

[Zach]

They may retire Fay after all that flooding in Florida.

[lfmusiclover]

Fay wasn't major. They won't remove it. Most hurricanes of any strength flood Florida (and Louisiana, and Texas, and so forth) because of the proximity to sea level. 

[Squizz]

They may retire Fay after all that flooding in Florida.

Fay never reached Hurricane Status.

[Al]

They may retire Fay after all that flooding in Florida.

Fay never reached Hurricane Status.

that is the LAST thing they look at when names are retired...

[beanboy89]

They may retire Fay after all that flooding in Florida.

Fay never reached Hurricane Status.

It doesn't matter if it reaches hurricane status or not. Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 was retired, and the storm never reached hurricane status (and it didn't even come close). It just sat over Texas for days dumping rain across the Houston area, causing major flooding, like Fay did in Florida.

[Squizz]

Allison was noted as the worst tropical storm on record where it hit. The damages were alot costlier than Fay and also more deaths.

[lfmusiclover]

IMO, Ike isthe only storm so far that even comes CLOSE to being retired. I wouldn't expect any other storm so far this year to even be considered for retirement.

[beanboy89]

Looking at the death tolls for each storm thus far, Hanna has caused the most deaths (532) because of all the devastation it caused in Hispaniola. IMO, Hanna might have a pretty good chance at being retired.

[lfmusiclover]

Looking at the death tolls for each storm thus far, Hanna has caused the most deaths (532) because of all the devastation it caused in Hispaniola. IMO, Hanna might have a pretty good chance at being retired.

Seems like a weak measure of consideration to me. Pouring a bucket of water over Hispaniola could cause 532 deaths. It's just the type of terrain you have there.

[beanboy89]

Looking at the death tolls for each storm thus far, Hanna has caused the most deaths (532) because of all the devastation it caused in Hispaniola. IMO, Hanna might have a pretty good chance at being retired.

Seems like a weak measure of consideration to me. Pouring a bucket of water over Hispaniola could cause 532 deaths. It's just the type of terrain you have there.

Going back to last year, Noel (a weak Category 1) was retired because it caused 163 deaths in the very same region that Hanna effected.

[lfmusiclover]

Looking at the death tolls for each storm thus far, Hanna has caused the most deaths (532) because of all the devastation it caused in Hispaniola. IMO, Hanna might have a pretty good chance at being retired.

Seems like a weak measure of consideration to me. Pouring a bucket of water over Hispaniola could cause 532 deaths. It's just the type of terrain you have there.

Going back to last year, Noel (a weak Category 1) was retired because it caused 163 deaths in the very same region that Hanna effected.

Hence why I say that death counts in that region are a very weak measure of a storm's intensity. It just seems to me that because a tropical storm causes 500+ deaths in an area mostly made of rocky, mudslide-prone islands, doesn't mean it should be retired. The bigger consideration should be what type of damage it causes to the mainlands.

[wxmediafan]

I'd say Ike.  However, I wouldn't be surprised if even Ike doesn't get retired.