Replacing "Dean"

[JtSmarts]

Great names so far, I like Daniel and Derek.

[HurricaneRobert]

I think Emily should have been retired. I guess damage has less relevance than politics, because Gordon's been used twice since the really deadly one. I don't understand why they hang on to these names so carefully. Australia replaces theirs all the time. I'd like to see the lists combined into one. This is the fifth Dean already whereas we've never had Van or Wendy.

[CrazyC83]

I just can't imagine a landfalling Cat 5 not getting retired, no matter where it hit. They are SO rare. I wonder if it might get retired for the Caribbean damage alone(especially Martinique and St. Lucia).

Oh and I'm still confused as to why Emily wasn't retired...

Edith made landfall as a Cat 5 and wasn't retired...

[yzerfan]

I'm in the camp that says it's bad mojo to name storms after evil fictional or real characters. So please no Damian, and I'd be iffy on Dexter (see books and Showtime tv series) as well.

[HurricaneRobert]

How about Dwight?

[Cyclone1]

I just can't imagine a landfalling Cat 5 not getting retired, no matter where it hit. They are SO rare. I wonder if it might get retired for the Caribbean damage alone(especially Martinique and St. Lucia).

Oh and I'm still confused as to why Emily wasn't retired...

It'll be retired. I'm %100 sure on that. Emily was just simply, not that bad. However, this struck Jamaica as a category four just a few miles offshore, so this has a much higher change of retirement. And it's heading straight for Veracruz, the storm's not over yet.

[Buck]

Emily wasn't this bad, but it was plenty bad enough to warrant retirement. It simply was in the shadow of Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma.

I still vote for Destry but I also like Desmond and Dominic.

[Bluefrog]

Hurricane Dud
Hurricane Dude
Hurricane Duke
Hurricane Dick
Hurricane Daisey
Hurricane Dallas
Hurricane Dark
Hurricane Dart
Hurricane Dash
hurricane Deja
Hurricane Destiny
Hurricane Diem
Hurricane Diva

Dragen, Dash, Dung, Durran

[Cyclone1]

Hurricane Diva will be a big flashy category five fishspinner. But then go into EWRC when it doesnt get what it wants.

[Brent]

Hurricane Diva will be a big flashy category five fishspinner. But then go into EWRC when it doesnt get what it wants.

!!!!!!!!

Hurricane Dud will be a dud. No pun intended.

[Downdraft]

I'm partial to Derek. Boy could we have some fun with that in here!

[LeeJet]

How about Daemonicus?

Here is a great M name: Morticia

lol

[Cyclone1]

Hurricane Doodlynacho.

Just throwing it out there.

[AnnularCane]

Hurricane Ding-Dong
Hurricane Darnitscomingthisway

[Chacor]

I'm not sure if Drew would be acceptable given Andrew, but in the EPac this year's there's Gil (Gilbert), so...

[Derek Ortt]

Emily was not retured because no nation requested it to be retired

[fci]

Dirk.

As in the character from Boogie Nights; Dirk Diggler.

I would suspect it would be a large storm

[HURAKAN]

Dirk.

As in the character from Boogie Nights; Dirk Diggler.

I would suspect it would be a large storm

We already have Kirk.

[Coredesat]

Great names so far, I like Daniel

In use in the EPAC. Just last year, actually.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

A system should never be retired unless it kills hundreds of people or causes tens of billions in damge. To many storms are being retired. The pics I've seen from Dean has not convinced me at all that he deserves retirement. We will see what he will do on this last landfall.

Dean hit a area that had only small number of people living there. In 90 percent of them where gone. He maybe a cat5 at landfall, but that does not or should not make it retirable. A storm like Katrina or Charley, Andrew should be the kinds of storms retired. Never Dean.