HurricaneRyan wrote:Alyono wrote:If anyone thinks Opal is worse than Gilbert, they really do not know what happened in Gilbert!
Some here would have a full meltdown if Atlantic storms were correctly retired as strictly as WPAC storms are
There is no way to "correctly" retire storms. The only person suggesting this so far is you, and frankly, you come off very conceited and act like your OPINION is the only one that matters and that everyone else's is wrong. The WPAC deals with storms year-round while the Atlantic basin only deals with it for half of that time, with off seasons storms every now and then. So that's probably why they are stricter on retiring storms.
And no one said Opal was worse than Gilbert. But in terms of the damage costs, Opal's was higher than Gilbert's. And once again, you're acting like Atlantic Canada, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, France, St. Lucia, St. Croix, St. Martin, Puerto Rico, Dominicia, and other countries were in the wrong for requesting retirement of Hortense, Luis, Marilyn, Erika, Michelle, Iris, Keith, Lenny, Floyd and etc. It really comes off as disrespectful.
IMHO, he's just giving his opinion. He's one of the top hurricane meteorologists on this forum. He just happens to disagree. He's not trying to be disrespectful. He's just saying what he thinks it ought to be. FWIW, I don't disagree with you on all cases. I think you make some good points otherwise.