americanrebel wrote:How many of the pro mets think that Bertha will be retired after this year even though it never did make direct land fall? How many days has this storm been classified now? 19?
Klaus and Fabian never made landfall while active, so it's not inconceivable for a non-landfaller to be retired, but both Klaus and Fabian were, in fact, very damaging to their respective locations (Martinique and Bermuda). Bertha hardly even matches up to Klaus, in either deaths or damages. In other words, as far as retirement goes, Bertha's got a job to do in 2014.