Imran_doomhaMwx wrote:I have seen some on social media having issues with the next storm name here in the WPac, which is "Maria". We all know of the powerful and devastating Maria of last year's Atlantic Hurricane Season.
WMO has removed some names from the WPac naming list before due to some other reasons, such as religion-related and misspellings. The name "Vicente" was even removed/replaced to avoid potential confusion since that name also appears on the EPac naming list.
I agree that the name Maria in the WPac (and in any other basin, if there is) should be skipped/removed/replaced. What do the others think?
By the way, the name has been contributed by the USA.
I think it's just U.S biased here. I know of a few names that were devastating in the WPAC but still is being use today in the Atlantic. How about elsewhere?
What if the devastating Maria from last year wasn't from the Atlantic? Would it still get some criticism?
Sometimes i think the Atlantic think they are the only basin in the world. They come up with all sorts of things like global warming or category 6.