ATL: TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALEX - DISCUSSION

[Cleveland Kent Evans]

Bye Alex! Will we see you again in 2016?

We'll have to see the final numbers. But there is a chance we won't.

Well, that depends entirely on whether or not whoever in the Mexican government weather service who's in charge of such things asks to have the name retired. There are no "final numbers" that automatically get a name retired. An affected country has to officially request that the name be replaced.

[RachelAnna]

Rachel...we've had a good rain off and on all day. I'm sure the mosquitoes are loving it.

We're finally getting the rain! About an inch this morning. You can almost hear the grass saying "aaahhhh!" Yep! Rain and mosquitos just in time for 4th of July!

[jasons2k]

I had 3.48" today and another .20" yesterday.

[alan1961]

While texans can be thankful Brownsville did not take a direct hit, don´t forget that our mexican neighbors are having a rough time of it.

http://www.prensalibre.com/internaciona ... 71037.html

Thanks to all who posted info on this interesting storm.

alan

Did a translate of this story into english alanstover, although
alex has been gone a couple of days ago this area over mexico
is still suffering

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... auto&tl=en

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... _In_Mexico

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... auto&tl=en

[Macrocane]

At least 7 deaths and 17500 have been affected by Alex in Mexico. This is a gallery with some impressive pictures

http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/coleccion/muestra_fotogaleria.html?idgal=8552

[cycloneye]

Alex main discussion thread made it to # 9 on the list of the most pages in the threads of invests turning into TC's.

1. Ike 08 - 676
2. Fay 08 - 671
3. Dean 07 - 583
4. Gustav 08 - 520
5. Dolly 08 - 422
6. Ivan 04 - 352
7. Wilma 05 - 282
8. Chris 06 - 265
9- Alex 10 - 245
10. Erika 08 - 223
11. Bertha 08 - 222
12. Ida 09 - 217
13. Hanna 08 - 209
14. Ike models 08 - 209
15. Noel 08- 196

[brunota2003]

Wow...Katrina isn't even in the top 15?

[HURAKAN]

Wow...Katrina isn't even in the top 15?

2004 and 2005 made people wake up, and if you see the list, everything is from 2005 onward.

[cycloneye]

Wow...Katrina isn't even in the top 15?

Remember it formed in the Bahamas not way out in the Atlantic.It had 111 pages.

[HURAKAN]

Wow...Katrina isn't even in the top 15?

Remember it formed in the Bahamas not way out in the Atlantic.It had 111 pages.

Chris 2006 lasted 5 days and Katrina 2005 lasted over a week. Look where Chris is in relation to Katrina in the number of pages.

[brunota2003]

True to both...still just surprising that it isn't in the top 15. I remember being on here and RadioNHCWx talking about her before she hit Florida, and how the models were pointing toward the MS/LA area.

[cycloneye]

Brunota,when systems form in the Eastern or Central Atlantic,the interest increases a lot and the best example was Ike.

[artist]

At least 7 deaths and 17500 have been affected by Alex in Mexico. This is a gallery with some impressive pictures

http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/coleccion/muestra_fotogaleria.html?idgal=8552

wow! Those rock slides! I hope there are no more deaths associated with Alex. Thanks for posting the link macrocane.

[cycloneye]

At least 7 deaths and 17500 have been affected by Alex in Mexico. This is a gallery with some impressive pictures

http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/coleccion/muestra_fotogaleria.html?idgal=8552

wow! Those rock slides! I hope there are no more deaths associated with Alex. Thanks for posting the link macrocane.

Now the debate begins about if Alex should be retired or not. Apart from these 7 deaths in Mexico,there were a few more in Guatemala and El Salvador (I dont know the exact number)

[alanstover]

Thanks to Alan1969 for the translation link and to Macrocane for the link to the impressive disaster fotos.

Glad to see that not everyone forgets about the effects of the storm after the fun of tracking it is over.

Probably not much we can do to help those affected, but we can at least show we care... and pray for them.

alan

[KWT]

True to both...still just surprising that it isn't in the top 15. I remember being on here and RadioNHCWx talking about her before she hit Florida, and how the models were pointing toward the MS/LA area.

Katrina, Ivan, Charley, Rita, Dennis and Frances would all easily get into the top 15 of the discussions if you were to add all the sperate threads together relating to the storm.

[Dean4Storms]

Yes, if memory serves I think there was another thread for Katrina started on recovery/aftermath that most of us began using once she made landfall.

[Macrocane]

Now the debate begins about if Alex should be retired or not. Apart from these 7 deaths in Mexico,there were a few more in Guatemala and El Salvador (I dont know the exact number)

According to the last report form the government of El Salvador, 5 people died because of Alex and more than 5000 were affected. In Guatemala 2 deaths were reported a few days ago but I'm not sure if that number increased.

[Dick Pache]

Up date on Alex Deaths in Mexico

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Death Toll from Alex Raised to 20


MONTERREY, Mexico – The number of deaths caused by Hurricane Alex as it swept through northern Mexico has risen to 20 after the discovery of seven more bodies in the states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas, official sources said.

Four bodies were found late Thursday night on the banks of the Rio Grande near Ciudad Acuña, where one person is still missing, according to the Coahuila state Attorney General’s Office.

Then on Friday the bodies of three family members were found, while the same family’s two youngsters aged 9 and 10 had saved themselves by climbing a tree and staying there for four days after the car in which they were all riding was swept away by the Pilon River in Tamaulipas.

Authorities are searching for another minor who was traveling with the Ganoa Treviño family when they were swept away by the swollen Pilon River
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=360124&CategoryId=14091