Will Emily be retired?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

If they(Mexico) request a retirement for this storm then they will blow there cover. If they are hiding the real damage of this hurricane. So Maybe not.

[carve]

I think she will be..2 strikes as a major hurricane..plus 1 mph shy of a cat 5..i believe at 1 time it may have been a cat 5..just my thought..

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Hrd data shows 136 knots...In which Ivan only had 137 knots at his max...In recon data shown that Emily had 156 to 158 mph winds for about 3 to 6 hours. So with this being said you can make a case on why Ivan might not of been a cat5.

[Swimdude]

I'm surprised how many people voted 'no.' I'm definately saying 'yes.' And for the record, the new advisory just came in... Hurricane Emily is no longer a hurricane. So long, Emily!

[wxmann_91]

There were many hurricanes weaker and less destructive than Emily that were retired, so yes, it will be retired.

[WeatherEmperor]

I hope not. Emily is a sexy name.

<RICKY>

[senorpepr]

I think it will be retired. Of course, there was the damage in Mexico, especially during the Yucatan landfall. However, more importantly, was the damage on Grenada.

As for Emily being a category five or being the strongest July storm, that has no bearing on retirement. The criteria for retirement is only damage and causalities. (Oh, and the French complaining in cases like Frances)

[Astro_man92]

I hope not. Emily is a sexy name.

<RICKY>

i wouldn't say sexy but it does have an enticing ring to it

[Astro_man92]

I think she will be..2 strikes as a major hurricane..plus 1 mph shy of a cat 5..i believe at 1 time it may have been a cat 5..just my thought..

I agree with you because arn't the winds inside a hurricane contantly fluctuating up and down so it very well might have been a cat. 5 hurricane for at least a minute or so. but then again that is just my opinion

[Astro_man92]

I'm surprised how many people voted 'no.' I'm definately saying 'yes.' And for the record, the new advisory just came in... Hurricane Emily is no longer a hurricane. So long, Emily!

i was hoping it would hold out and pull a gilbert and track to michigan oyu don't really hear it but in northern mchigan we have a 10" deficite WE REALLY NEED RAIN

oh ya and when we get rain it only lasts for like 30 min or so and if it is sever it doesn't do anything because it moves to dang fast

[HurricaneBill]

I think it will be retired. Of course, there was the damage in Mexico, especially during the Yucatan landfall. However, more importantly, was the damage on Grenada.

As for Emily being a category five or being the strongest July storm, that has no bearing on retirement. The criteria for retirement is only damage and causalities. (Oh, and the French complaining in cases like Frances)

Actually, I read somewhere that somebody said that if Frances had not done anything, she would NOT have been retired. Supposedly, the WMO decision had been overturned because Frances was a common American name.

[Derek Ortt]

how can anyone sy Frances shouldn't have been retired. More ethnocentricism factoring into the decision where if it doens't hit the US hard, it isnt worthy.

it was one of the worst hurricanes ever for the Bahamas. The Bahamas may have made the request for retirement

[senorpepr]

Okay, first, let me make clear that Frances would have been retired regardless to prior arrangements by the WMO. Frances was by far a horrible hurricane causing 7 direct deaths and 42 others indirectly. In addition, France caused an estimated $9b in damage to the US alone. This does not include the widespread damage to the northwestern and central Bahamas.

Those facts alone would have sent Frances into retirement.

However, what I was referring to was the WMO Committee that met in 2002. (http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/Reports/HC-25FinalReport-eng.pdf)

5.20 The Committee recalled that, at its session in 2002, the delegate from France requested consideration of a change of the name "Frances", which is on the list for 2004, to be made at this session. The Committee agreed to change the name after the 2004 hurricane season. The Committee also decided to retire the names of the three hurricanes that caused significant damage and loss of life during 2002. These were Isidore and Lili in the North Atlantic basin, and Kenna in the Eastern North Pacific basin. Regarding a change of the name "Lili", it will be made at the twenty-sixth session of the Committee in April 2004. The other two, i.e. Isidore and Kenna were replaced by the names Ike and Karina respectively, which will be reflected in the WMO RA IV Hurricane Operational Plan.

I hadn't read any reports from the WMO meeting thereafter that said they reversed their decision. It was planned that they were going to retire Frances before the season began. Regardless, I think we all can agree that Frances was properly retired after last season based on the destruction and devastation it caused.

[storm54]

Yes,I'd be suprised if the name wasn't retired.

[Guest]

I hope not. Emily is a sexy name.

<RICKY>

A-CHOOOOOOOOOO ! Now there's a scary thought! If you frequent Off-Topic alot, you may know what I mean.

[Brent]

I hope not. Emily is a sexy name.

<RICKY>

A-CHOOOOOOOOOO ! Now there's a scary thought! If you frequent Off-Topic alot, you may know what I mean.

[Jim Cantore]

I think it will be

like the point made about Roxanne states they've retired much lesser storms

[Derek Ortt]

actually,

Roxanne was not a lesser storm. It hit Cancun directly as a major hurricane, casuing significant damage. Furthermore, it caused severe tidal surges in the bay of Campeche. Reports stated that the BOC rushed about a half of a mile inland and caused severe damage

[clfenwi]

"Six deaths because of rains" (My translation of Spanish language article in Mexico City mewspaper): Six women were killed when a hill came down on their house due to rains from Emily.

http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/58110.html

Yesterday, a woman was killed when she and her husband tried to cross (what I believe to be a flooded intersection) in their car. The husband managed to escape, but the wife was swept away (again, Spanish language article)

http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/58108.html (under 'una victima en Tamaulipas')

I would post English language stories if I could find them, however, all recent stories on Google News about Emily continue to state that there were not deaths or injuries since the second landfall...[/i]

[AndrewSmith2500]

If Emily is retired, what do you think of using the name Emma?