2008 Retired Hurrricane Names

[Localonthe8s]

My bad, I thought Mike said there were 100 deaths in the US alone.

[Mike M]

My bad, I thought Mike said there were 100 deaths in the US alone.

Yeah, I was talking about overall fatalities, not just in the US.

[lfmusiclover]

Oh man, than that REALLY doesn't mean anything. 

[Squizz]

Because TWC has trained people to make mountains out of molehills. 

TWC doesn't retire the names, the National Hurricane Center does.

[lfmusiclover]

Because TWC has trained people to make mountains out of molehills. 

TWC doesn't retire the names, the National Hurricane Center does.

I didn't say they did. All I said is that they've brainwashed people into making a big deal out of even the smallest of storms (in response to those who say storms like Dolly will be retired). I'm very well aware of how this works Squizz. Trust me on that. I've been into this since long before you were even born.

[Squizz]

True that.

[NicoleWasHere]

I think Ike will definetly be retired.  Not just from the damage caused in the Atlantic islands, not just from what happened in Texas, but afterward.  There were such strong wind gusts in Ohio, when Ike's remnants came through, it actually killed people and closed schools.  It did almost the same thing, blowing through Canada.

Ike was Katrina 2.0.  It'll be retired.

[lfmusiclover]

IMO Ike is the only storm so far that qualifies for retirement.

[CartoonJazzLover]

IMO Ike is the only storm so far that qualifies for retirement.

Agreed

[IntelliStar]

Because TWC has trained people to make mountains out of molehills. 

TWC doesn't retire the names, the National Hurricane Center does.

Actually, you are also wrong, the NHC nor the NWS do not retire hurricane names.  Names are retired by the WMO (World Meteorlogical Organization).

Why does everyone here seem to think only Ike will be retired?  In 2007, we had three storms retired (Dean, Felix, and Noel).  Gustav was more damaging than all three of those storms combined, and Hanna was deadlier than any of those three storms.

Here are my predictions, percentagewise:
Arthur - 4% - not severely damaging.
Bertha - 3% - strong, but once again not severely damaging.
Cristobal - 2% - forgettable, barely damaging at all.
Dolly - 60% - Damage estimate still remains at $1.52 billion several months after its landfall.
Edouard - 5% - Damage total unknown, but once again, probably not severe.
Fay - 25% - Current damage estimate is $180 million, which is significant (especially for a tropical storm), but nothing extremely severe (far short of $1 billion mark).
Gustav - 95% - Very severely damaging, I would be very surprised if it is not retired.
Hanna - 85% - Very deadly, although Gordon (which affected the same area) of 1994 wasn't retired, yet again, Jeanne of 2004 was retired.
Ike - 100% - Third most destructive named hurricane in U.S. history, pretty obvious candidate.
Josephine - 1% - just gave Cape Verde a little breeze and nothing else.
Kyle - 5% - While not severely damaging, Canada got Juan of 2003 retired. However, Kyle was less damaging than Juan, so I don't think it is very likely Kyle will be retired.
Laura - 1% - Fishspinner while tropical.
Marco - 5% - Damage unknown, but probably not severe.
Nana - 0% - Total fishspinner.
Omar - 15% - Still waiting for damage total. Probably more damaging than Edouard and Marco, but we will have to see whether the damage is severe enough for retirement. This is exactly what we have been doing with T.S. Erin last year.
Paloma - 55% - Current damage estimate is $1.4 billion, but we will still have to wait if that estimate is accurate.

[lfmusiclover]

Because TWC has trained people to make mountains out of molehills. 

TWC doesn't retire the names, the National Hurricane Center does.

Actually, you are also wrong, the NHC nor the NWS do not retire hurricane names.  Names are retired by the WMO (World Meteorlogical Organization).

Why does everyone here seem to think only Ike will be retired?  In 2007, we had three storms retired (Dean, Felix, and Noel).  Gustav was more damaging than all three of those storms combined, and Hanna was deadlier than any of those three storms.

Here are my predictions, percentagewise:
Arthur - 4% - not severely damaging.
Bertha - 3% - strong, but once again not severely damaging.
Cristobal - 2% - forgettable, barely damaging at all.
Dolly - 60% - Damage estimate still remains at $1.52 billion several months after its landfall.
Edouard - 5% - Damage total unknown, but once again, probably not severe.
Fay - 25% - Current damage estimate is $180 million, which is significant (especially for a tropical storm), but nothing extremely severe (far short of $1 billion mark).
Gustav - 95% - Very severely damaging, I would be very surprised if it is not retired.
Hanna - 85% - Very deadly, although Gordon (which affected the same area) of 1994 wasn't retired, yet again, Jeanne of 2004 was retired.
Ike - 100% - Third most destructive named hurricane in U.S. history, pretty obvious candidate.
Josephine - 1% - just gave Cape Verde a little breeze and nothing else.
Kyle - 5% - While not severely damaging, Canada got Juan of 2003 retired. However, Kyle was less damaging than Juan, so I don't think it is very likely Kyle will be retired.
Laura - 1% - Fishspinner while tropical.
Marco - 5% - Damage unknown, but probably not severe.
Nana - 0% - Total fishspinner.
Omar - 15% - Still waiting for damage total. Probably more damaging than Edouard and Marco, but we will have to see whether the damage is severe enough for retirement. This is exactly what we have been doing with T.S. Erin last year.
Paloma - 55% - Current damage estimate is $1.4 billion, but we will still have to wait if that estimate is accurate.

I think we all have the right to our opinion.

Imagine, getting sassed by a guy who cares to stop by here once every 6 months, if that. 

[IntelliStar]

Revisiting the subject, I thought that we should think up of some replacement names, should all of these names be retired by the WMO:

• Replace Dolly with Daphne
• Replace Fay with Fiorenza
• Replace Gustav with Giovanni
• Replace Hanna with Helga
• Replace Ike with Ian
• Replace Paloma with Pamela

[Squizz]

Dolly= Daphne/Devon
Fay= Fiona/Fletcher
Gustav=Grayson/Gina
Hanna= Henry/Haley
Ike= Ilyssa/Ian
Paloma= Patrick/Paige

[IntelliStar]

Dolly= Daphne/Devon
Fay= Fiona/Fletcher
Gustav=Grayson/Gina
Hanna= Henry/Haley
Ike= Ilyssa/Ian
Paloma= Patrick/Paige

No offense, but replacement names have to match the gender of the name they are replacing, otherwise it would break the pattern of alternating male/female names.  Also, Fiona is Frances' replacement, which will be used in 2010.

[IntelliStar]

Here are my updated retirement probablities.  Instead of giving a specific percentage, I will this time group them by tier.

Well, all the TCRs are out, so I decided I should update my probabilities. This time, instead of giving a specific number, I will group them by tiers.

Most definately retired: Gustav, Ike
Probably retired: Dolly, Hanna, Paloma
Possibly retired: Fay, Omar
Probably not retired: Arthur, Kyle
Not retired: All others.