What names will be retired for 2003 (SO FAR)?

Anonymous · #1 Postby **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:30 pm

Maybe...

Claudette- Moderate Damage on Texas coast
Fabian- Extensive Damage to Bermuda
Isabel-Billions in damage to North Carolina, Virginia, and other east coast areas, and over 40 deaths.
Juan- Damage to Nova Scotia
Ignacio&Marty- Damage and deaths in Mexico

My top 3 most likely:

3. Claudette
2. Fabian
3. Isabel

OtherHD · #2 Postby **OtherHD** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:39 pm

Probably just Isabel...

AussieMark · #3 Postby **AussieMark** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:40 pm

I say Isabel and Fabian.

As Isabel caused Billions of damage to the East Coast.

and Fabian as Fabian trashed the Island of Bermuda and there was extensive damage all over the island.

ColdFront77 · #4 Postby **ColdFront77** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:27 am

I believe Isabel will be retired for sure. The chances of Fabian being retired shouldn't be that low. There is a possibility of Claudette being retired... some areas were hit at least somewhat hard... but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if "she" returns to the 2009 list.

Josephine96 · #5 Postby **Josephine96** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:03 am

I say Isabel and Fabian.. I would even go out on an extreme limb and say Ana cause she formed in April.. which was a 1st...

JCT777 · #6 Postby **JCT777** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:04 am

Isabel should be retired. Fabian - maybe but I don't think it will be.

Josephine96 · #7 Postby **Josephine96** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:07 am

Isabel should be retired I agree.. Fabian did some huge damage to Bermuda so I think he should be too

Stormsfury · #8 Postby **Stormsfury** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:48 am

Isabel will likely be retired ... I'm 90% certain of that. The effects were felt over a lot of real estate and the damage, and certainly a very memorable storm.

Fabian also should be retired. Bermuda was absolutely pummeled by Fabian. The storm in dollar figures wasn't anything like an Andrew like tll, but considering Bermuda is only 21 square miles and the NE quad went right over the island with tremendous force. This storm will be a very memorable storm and that alone would be one of the prerequisites of being retired.

Claudette ... I doubt it's retired.

Ana ... nope, no chance. However, it earns it's place in history nonetheless as the first tropical storm in April for the North Atlantic of record.

GalvestonDuck · #9 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:06 pm

Agree to Isabel and Fabian.

Doubt it for Claudette.

Derek Ortt · #10 Postby **Derek Ortt** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:23 pm

Fabian has a better chance than does Isabel since Fabian affected Bermuda as a major while Isabel was a cat 2

stormchazer · #11 Postby **stormchazer** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:14 pm

Fabian has a better chance than does Isabel since Fabian affected Bermuda as a major while Isabel was a cat 2

Thats my thinking too. With Isabel the dollar amounts might push it over the top but then those dollar cost are a bit relative.

ColdFront77 · #12 Postby **ColdFront77** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:34 pm

I can honestly say that I don't think Claudette will be retired, I did after all say that there is a possibilty, the possibilty not being too high.

There is no way at all Ana will be retired; the criteria doesn't include storms that form between December 1st and May 31st in the Atlantic Basin that don't do major damage, etc.

If Ana were to be retired, then Claudette should be retired twice over.

bahamaswx · #13 Postby **bahamaswx** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:51 pm

I would hope that neither Ana nor Claudette are retired.

#14 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:16 am

Isabel should be, and probably will be, retired due to the major damage she caused. Doesnt matter if she was a Cat 1 or 2 or whatever. Wasnt Alison retired? She was only a TS.

#15 Postby **wx247** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:07 am

My thoughts are Claudette and Fabian will both be retired.

Anonymous · #16 Postby **Anonymous** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:18 am

Fabian and Isabel probably will.

Ana, no way. Didn't bother anybody at all, and just because it made formation history does not boost its chance of retirement.

Claudette, no. Damage was relatively bad in some areas of Texas, but not anywhere near bad enough for it to get retired.

Also, I still think Juan should get a belated retirement for what it did to Louisiana back in 1985 (damage was over $1 billion, in today's dollars it'd be near $2 billion). But since they've had 18 years to do so, I doubt they will.

ChaserUK · #17 Postby **ChaserUK** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:08 pm

Can I ask? How do they decide then on how to retire hurricane names? There seems to be many reasons why - is it just based on how memerable it was in some way? Also, have anyone got a link as to why hurricanes are named? Thanks.

Stormsfury · #18 Postby **Stormsfury** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:12 pm

ChaserUK wrote:Can I ask? How do they decide then on how to retire hurricane names? There seems to be many reasons why - is it just based on how memerable it was in some way? Also, have anyone got a link as to why hurricanes are named? Thanks.

These are the retired names.
http://www.stormsfury1.com/Weather/Trop ... tired.html

This is a reason why to name storms.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/reason.html

ChaserUK · #19 Postby **ChaserUK** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:22 pm

Thanks Stormsfury - just what I needed! Great! I do think that Isabel will be retired then!

What names will be retired for 2003 (SO FAR)?

What names will be retired for 2003 (SO FAR)?

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