Hurricane Names Discussion Date

[StormScanWx]

Anyone know the date in which the WMO will decide to retire the names of 2005, etc.???

[senorpepr]

11. DATE AND PLACE OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION (Agenda item 11)
11.1 The USA offered to host the twenty-eighth session of the RA IV Hurricane Committee
in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in conjunction with a Caribbean Hurricane Conference and possibly
with a Meeting of the Working Group on Planning and Implementation of the WWW in Region IV,
which might be held in April/May 2006. The exact dates and venue of the three events would be
decided after consultations among WMO, the President of RA IV and the host country, as well
as the Puerto Rico Weather Service Forecast Office.

That's from last year's meeting which was held 31 March - 5 April 2005. Therefore, my guess would be... this spring.

[senorpepr]

FWIW...

New list of hurricane names?

In the North and Central America and Caribbean regions, hurricane names are chosen by representatives of WMO’s Hurricane Committee, composed of 26 Member countries. Names are retired and replaced when a storm causes large loss of life or property.

For the first time since Atlantic hurricanes were given names in 1953, all 21 names were used up in 2005. The Greek alphabet had long been the designated backup list but had never before been used.

When the Committee next meets, in March 2006, it will decide which names to retire and their replacements and will agree on a new back-up list.

http://www.wmo.int/web/www/TCP/TCP-home.html (then Storm Names (2005-2010) and
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Retire
Katrina
Rita
Wilma

[Derek Ortt]

and Dennis and Emily

you do not just retire based upon what damage occurred in the USA

[HURAKAN]

and Dennis and Emily

you do not just retire based upon what damage occurred in the USA

That's right. At least Dennis, with all the damage that it caused in Cuba, it has its ticket to retirement. Emily, let see what the Mexican government says.

[f5]

It does not have to be a Mitch for the WMO to retire a name that hits a foreign country.there is no double standard on retireing storms and its not based on which countries are hit

[StormScanWx]

This is a bit off topic, but why does Haiti always seem to have a higher death toll than other areas??, even though sometimes the storm indirectly effects it (ex. high waves, etc.)

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

Haiti is almost completely deforested. It's also a very mountainous country. Without trees holding the ground together, it doesn't take much rain to cause flash flooding and mudslides. On top of being naturally vulnerable, Haiti's government is more dysfunctional than FEMA. They don't prepare for these storms at all there. Haiti is so poor that they really can't afford to even if the government was trying.

This is a photo of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border.


That's why Haiti is so vulnerable.

[HurricaneBill]

This is a bit off topic, but why does Haiti always seem to have a higher death toll than other areas??, even though sometimes the storm indirectly effects it (ex. high waves, etc.)

Haiti suffers from severe deforestation, especially on its mountains. With no trees to help absorb rainwater, the topsoil is washed away and there's nothing to absorb rainwater. So all that rain overflows rivers and causes flash floods and mudslides.

[HurricaneBill]

BTW, I believe Hurricane Stan should be retired as well. Even though Stan wasn't directly responsible for all the destruction in Central America, he did directly kill around 100 people and also definitely aggravated the situation.

Besides, Stan will always be associated with the floods.

[AussieMark]

It does not have to be a Mitch for the WMO to retire a name that hits a foreign country.there is no double standard on retireing storms and its not based on which countries are hit

exactly

Luis 1995
Roxanne 1995
Cesar 1996
Keith 2000
Iris 2001
Michelle 2001
Isidore 2002

these storms in recent years were retired based on damage done to Central America or the Caribbean

[Audrey2Katrina]

I'm going with Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.... we shall see

A2K

[HurricaneBill]

Emily better be retired because right now, she's the Susan Lucci of hurricane names. She hit Hispaniola in 1987 as a Category 3. Somehow, damage was not as bad as expected. She hit North Carolina as a Category 3, but curved away before doing any severe damage.

I know the Yucatan got off with not as much damage as expected from Emily, but I thought the eastern Mexican coast had severe damage.

After 1987, 1993, and now 2005, I'm thinking third time will be the charm for Emily.

Plus, Emily also hit Grenada. I think she caused about $100 million in damage there. Grenada is still trying to recover from Ivan and I'm sure Emily didn't help the recovery effort.