Retired

Hurricane names are usually retired after a lot of deaths, cost from damage, or the level of distruction.

What names do you think will be retired?

Here's the list:

Arthur
Bertha
Cristibol
Dolly
Edouard
Fay*
Gustav*
Hanna*
Ike*
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma*

Categorys:
Blue: Tropical Storm
Tan: Category 1
Green: Category 2
Yellow: Category 3
Orange: Category 4
Red: Category 5

Asterisks (My thoughts of which ones will get retired)
Yellow: Possible
Red: Likely

Replacements:
Gustav: Gensen
Ike: Ian or Ikyae (ee - ky - ay)
Fay: Feldspar or Fabianne
Hanna: Hale
Paloma: Preston

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What are your opinions?

« Last edited by InvertAlpha on Dec 6th 2008 »

what the hell are you on about

...I was going to say the same thing yesterday, then I just thought, "screw the topic, imma go Play GoW"

But...really, what the hell are you on about? 0_o

I think he wants us to discuss about the retired Hurricane names, and about the replacements.

Well, not like I don't care about the people affected, but this is one topic thats gonna confuse alot of people.

like everyone else said "wtf are you talking about?!" o_O

being from New Orleans, im offended that Katrina was not mentioned

^ That was in 2005, and that was already replaced with Katia.

hmm, that would explain why it wasnt mentioned then xD

but what kinda name is Katia? lol not like it matters =P

Let's play pinball. It has bumpers which this topic needs.

Are you doing a project or research report on this? lol. because I see no other reason why you would want to know any of these things unless you are an aspiring weather reporter, or are you just bored?

I had the same reaction the first couple people had....

Whats a "retired" name for a hurricane..?

You're all confused. I will water it down:

When a hurricane, e.g. Katrina, cause a lot of widespread damage and distress, they choose to rename it once the letter (in this case, 'K') of the gender (female, in this case) recicrles and comes back. They don't name hurricanes by random names, they have a set list alphabetically, and every 52nd hurricane will have the same name, as, for example, A is male, then B will be female. However, they change the name because if, say, for example Katrina's second round came along, people would instictively consider it to be as bad as its namesake, and it would probably cause a lot more commotion that it is actually worth, as it could easily be a Category 1 hurricane or a tropical storm when it makes landfall, therefore reducing damage to a minimum. It is so that people will not panic when there need not be.

That's to the extent of my brilliant knowledge. There might be more on the matter, but I'm not sure. It's been quite some time, so my information may be rusty, even with my photographic memory.

Well, I understood the general reason for this thread, I just wanted to know "why?" Why, make this type of thread, I would sorta understand if hes making a guessing game out of this but other than that, I dont know why anyone would be compelled to make such a topic.

Like everyone else here I'm going to ask... Wtf are you talking about?

er...what did you just said? i don't actually understand...