Category5Kaiju wrote:WalterWhite wrote:At this point in the season, the only name that is probably going to be retired is Idalia. It caused >$9 billion in damage, and Floridians will forever associate the name "Idalia" with this hurricane. I doubt Franklin will be retired; it caused significantly less damage, and the bar for retirement seems to be so much higher for storms that impact Hispaniola; case in point, Gordon was not retired in 1994.
I highly doubt Franklin is getting retired as I have not heard anything about major loss of life in Haiti and DR, let alone damages. Gordon 1994 is arguably the most baffling un-retired storm imho as it caused thousands of deaths (even more than some of the most recent disastrous hurricanes like Harvey, Irma, Dorian, etc.), yet somehow it escaped retirement. I have no idea what happened there.
DR actually requested Franklin to be retired
Imagine if Franklin goes and Idalia doesn't. Weird
DioBrando wrote:IT'S SO OVER FOR FRANKLIN
Quoted from the Dominican Republic report:Replace the name Franklin with Ford please
Original:Reemplace el nombre Franklin con Ford por favor
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