Storms That Shouldn't Have Been Retired

[hurricaneCW]

I made a thread about the storms that should have been retired, but what about the ones that shouldn't have been retired. This accounts for both East Pacific and Atlantic basins.

One I can think of is Hurricane Connie of 1955. Although fatal and very strong at one point, it only made landfall as a minimal hurricane. The cost of damage was also quite small, however, it stands out because of the close proximity to the 2nd hit by Hurricane Diane, also retired.

I don't think it would have been retired had Diane not rolled through the same area as Connie did.

[Cyclone1]

I can see why Connie was retired, honestly.

I never understood Klaus.

[rockyman]

Here's the list of retired Atlantic storms:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/retirednames.shtml

And Pacific retirees (including the CPac):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_re ... cane_names

[djones65]

I have heard that comment numerous times that Klaus in 1990 should not have been retired or they didn't understand why it was retired. Klaus was Martiniques "Allison." In 1990 when Klaus was developing into a tropical cyclone extremely heavy rains caused extensive massive flooding along with mudslides over the island of Martinique. Unfortunately, seven persons drowne, but that number could have been much higher. Due to the incredible rains and mudslides some villages were buried under 10 feet of mud and water and more than 1,500 persons were homeless. Damage was in excess of 1.5 million dollars. Other islands of the Lesser Antilles such as St. Lucia and Dominica also suffered severe flooding, but not of the magnitude that Martinique received. Simply put Klaus was Martinique's version of "Allison." I would imagine many persons outside of the United States simply looking at hurricane summaries and tracks would probably think it ridiculous that Allison was retired since it was simply a weak, sheared tropical storm. One last note, in my opinion, the summary or preliminary report on Klaus was done prior to having gained full knowledge of the disaster on the island of Martinique. Much of that information did not get out until after the preliminary report was written which may be a possible explanation that the summary did not discuss the flooding and suffering the residents of Martinique endured. From what I have read about the damage done I definitely believe it was a good call to retire the name Klaus.

[Chacor]

TS Alma previous year should never have been retired.

[Andrew92]

Well I can sorta see why TS Alma wouldn't be, and I think Hanna at least should have accompanied it. However, Alma has been described as one of the worst (if not the worst) tropical cyclone to hit Costa Rica in many years. It has been described as being worse than Cesar.

The one that makes me cringe most is Ioke, impressive as it was. I know perhaps Wake Island isn't used to storms like that, but there were no fatalities and it sounds like the island was back up and running rather quickly. If part of the rational was also it being equal to a C5 hurricane in the CPAC (rare indeed), then why don't we retire Linda in 1997 for the same reason?

-Andrew92

[Chacor]

The CPHC removed 16 names in 2006, Ioke just happened to be one of them. I personally don't consider it a retirement.

[Andrew92]

Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks Chacor!

-Andrew92