AggieJohn
09-07-2005, 03:17 PM
Okay, so it's supposed to be the dead part of hurricane season, yet this is the current map
http://sirocco.accuweather.com/iwxpage/adc/popup/iws_tropical.jpg
Now, here's where it get's interesting, we currently have 3 out there and 4 waves, those last two waves could turn into depressions, which could turn into storms, which would make this next month very interesting.....
Here's the weird thing, they have six names left to declare as far as naming storms..... they are reused every six year for instance, this is what the last hurricane katrina did
http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/hurricane/images/99histak.gif
to my knowledge no one knows what will happen in the event that they use
however i think that the name Katrina will be retired forever.....
Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be "retired" by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms.
There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.
Below is a list of Atlantic Ocean retired names, the years the hurricanes occurred, and the areas they affected. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms that occurred before hurricanes were first named in 1950, that are not included on this list.
Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History
Agnes (1972+*): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983*): North Texas
Allen (1980*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Andrew (1992*): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
Anita (1977): Mexico
Audrey (1957+*): Louisiana, North Texas
Betsy (1965+*): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
Beulah (1967*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Bob (1991*): North Carolina & Northeast U.S.
Camille (1969+*): Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Carla (1961+*): Texas
Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana
Carol (1954+*): Northeast U.S.
Celia (1970*): South Texas
Cesar (1996): Nicaragua
Charley (2004): Bahamas, Florida, Northeast U.S.
Cleo (1964*): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
Connie (1955+): North Carolina
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispaņola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Diana (1990): Mexico
Diane (1955+*): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S.
Donna (1960+*): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Edna (1968):
Eloise (1975*): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
Fifi (1974): Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, eastern seaboard
Fran (1996): North Carolina
Frances (2004): Florida
Frederic (1979*): Alabama and Mississippi
Georges (1998): Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Gloria (1985*): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
Hazel (1954+*): Antilles, North and South Carolina
Hilda (1964+*): Louisiana
Hortense (1996): Caribbean, Puerto Rico
Hugo (1989*): Antilles, South Carolina
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
Ione (1955*): North Carolina
Ivan (2004): Alabama, Eastern U.S., Texas
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
Jeanne (2004): Puerto Rico, Florida, Northeast U.S.
Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam)
Juan (2003): Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
Klaus (1990): Martinique
Lenny (1999): Antilles
Luis (1995): Leeward Islands
Marilyn (1995): U.S. Virgin Islands
Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
Opal (1995): Florida, Alabama
Roxanne (1995): Yucatan Peninsula
KEY
+Within the list of top 37 deadliest U.S. hurricanes
*Within the list of the top 31 costliest U.S. hurricanes (in 1990 dollars)
(Measurements only available through 1992 for storms that affected the U.S.)
NOTE:
"Carol" was used again to denote a hurricane in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 1965. However, because the name does not appear after that time, it is assumed that the name was retired retrospectively for the damages caused by the 1954 storm of the same name.
Some of the most deadly and costly storms occurred before hurricanes were named and are not reflected in the list.
Also, katrina is considered to be already in the $50,000,000,000 region to recover
1 Andrew (SE FL, SE LA) August 1992 $20,300,000,000
2 Charley (FL, NC, SC) August 2004 $7,500,000,000
3 Ivan (AL, FL, GA, OH, PA, NY, NC, 8 other states) September 2004 $7,100,000,000
4 Hugo (USVI, PR, GA, NC, SC, VA) September 1989 $6,200,000,000
5 Frances (FL, GA, NC, NY, SC) September 2004 $4,600,000,000
http://sirocco.accuweather.com/iwxpage/adc/popup/iws_tropical.jpg
Now, here's where it get's interesting, we currently have 3 out there and 4 waves, those last two waves could turn into depressions, which could turn into storms, which would make this next month very interesting.....
Here's the weird thing, they have six names left to declare as far as naming storms..... they are reused every six year for instance, this is what the last hurricane katrina did
http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/hurricane/images/99histak.gif
to my knowledge no one knows what will happen in the event that they use
however i think that the name Katrina will be retired forever.....
Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be "retired" by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms.
There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.
Below is a list of Atlantic Ocean retired names, the years the hurricanes occurred, and the areas they affected. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms that occurred before hurricanes were first named in 1950, that are not included on this list.
Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History
Agnes (1972+*): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983*): North Texas
Allen (1980*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Andrew (1992*): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
Anita (1977): Mexico
Audrey (1957+*): Louisiana, North Texas
Betsy (1965+*): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
Beulah (1967*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Bob (1991*): North Carolina & Northeast U.S.
Camille (1969+*): Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Carla (1961+*): Texas
Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana
Carol (1954+*): Northeast U.S.
Celia (1970*): South Texas
Cesar (1996): Nicaragua
Charley (2004): Bahamas, Florida, Northeast U.S.
Cleo (1964*): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
Connie (1955+): North Carolina
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispaņola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Diana (1990): Mexico
Diane (1955+*): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S.
Donna (1960+*): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Edna (1968):
Eloise (1975*): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
Fifi (1974): Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, eastern seaboard
Fran (1996): North Carolina
Frances (2004): Florida
Frederic (1979*): Alabama and Mississippi
Georges (1998): Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Gloria (1985*): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
Hazel (1954+*): Antilles, North and South Carolina
Hilda (1964+*): Louisiana
Hortense (1996): Caribbean, Puerto Rico
Hugo (1989*): Antilles, South Carolina
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
Ione (1955*): North Carolina
Ivan (2004): Alabama, Eastern U.S., Texas
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
Jeanne (2004): Puerto Rico, Florida, Northeast U.S.
Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam)
Juan (2003): Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
Klaus (1990): Martinique
Lenny (1999): Antilles
Luis (1995): Leeward Islands
Marilyn (1995): U.S. Virgin Islands
Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
Opal (1995): Florida, Alabama
Roxanne (1995): Yucatan Peninsula
KEY
+Within the list of top 37 deadliest U.S. hurricanes
*Within the list of the top 31 costliest U.S. hurricanes (in 1990 dollars)
(Measurements only available through 1992 for storms that affected the U.S.)
NOTE:
"Carol" was used again to denote a hurricane in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 1965. However, because the name does not appear after that time, it is assumed that the name was retired retrospectively for the damages caused by the 1954 storm of the same name.
Some of the most deadly and costly storms occurred before hurricanes were named and are not reflected in the list.
Also, katrina is considered to be already in the $50,000,000,000 region to recover
1 Andrew (SE FL, SE LA) August 1992 $20,300,000,000
2 Charley (FL, NC, SC) August 2004 $7,500,000,000
3 Ivan (AL, FL, GA, OH, PA, NY, NC, 8 other states) September 2004 $7,100,000,000
4 Hugo (USVI, PR, GA, NC, SC, VA) September 1989 $6,200,000,000
5 Frances (FL, GA, NC, NY, SC) September 2004 $4,600,000,000