Replacing Felix

This is the general tropical discussion area. Anyone can take their shot at predicting a storms path.

Moderator: S2k Moderators

Forum rules

The posts in this forum are NOT official forecasts and should not be used as such. They are just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. They are NOT endorsed by any professional institution or STORM2K. For official information, please refer to products from the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.

Help Support Storm2K
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
Roswell_Atup
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:57 am

Replacing Felix

#1 Postby Roswell_Atup » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:43 am

What name would best Replace Felix when it's going to be retired?


Ferdie
Franco
Flavio
0 likes   
Top
Matt-hurricanewatcher

Re: Replacing Felix

#2 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:52 am

Lets wait intill it does something that makes it deservable of retirement. It has not done anything besides become a cat5. If it where to float of this planet tomarrow it would not be retired.
0 likes   
Top
Coredesat

#3 Postby Coredesat » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:15 am

Indeed, this thread is premature. Perhaps close it for now and reopen it when it actually does something that might warrant retirement (because it may well affect land but only sparsely-populated areas, and that isn't exactly worthy of retirement).
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
DanKellFla
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 1291
Joined: Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:02 pm
Location: Lake Worth, Florida

#4 Postby DanKellFla » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:18 am

Cord, How many Cat 5 storms have not had their name retired?
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
HURAKAN
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 46086
Age: 38
Joined: Thu May 20, 2004 4:34 pm
Location: Key West, FL
Contact:
Contact HURAKAN

Re: Replacing Felix

#5 Postby HURAKAN » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:26 am

Roswell_Atup wrote:What name would best Replace Felix when it's going to be retired?


Ferdie
Franco
Flavio


Remember that Félix is an Spanish male name, and therefore, has to be replaced by another Spanish male name with the letter "F".
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
HURAKAN
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 46086
Age: 38
Joined: Thu May 20, 2004 4:34 pm
Location: Key West, FL
Contact:
Contact HURAKAN

Re:

#6 Postby HURAKAN » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:27 am

DanKellFla wrote:Cord, How many Cat 5 storms have not had their name retired?


Edith, Emily. But I think Félix will be retired because of the areas it will affect.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
jimvb
Category 1
Category 1
Posts: 397
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:03 am
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Contact:
Contact jimvb

Re: Replacing Felix

#7 Postby jimvb » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:08 am

Ferdi is the name of one of my cats. That's a good name. He behaves like a hurricane sometimes, chasing his own tail.

Felix is not necessarily a Hispanic name. I don't think former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter or mathematician Felix Klein were Hispanic.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Dionne
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1616
Age: 74
Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:51 am
Location: SW Mississippi....Alaska transplant via a Southern Belle.

Re: Replacing Felix

#8 Postby Dionne » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:08 am

Is there a specific criteria for retiring a name? Who makes the decision?
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Roswell_Atup
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:57 am

Re:

#9 Postby Roswell_Atup » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:39 am

DanKellFla wrote:Cord, How many Cat 5 storms have not had their name retired?


only 2... EDITH and EMILY
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Roswell_Atup
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:57 am

Re: Replacing Felix

#10 Postby Roswell_Atup » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:40 am

HURAKAN wrote:
Roswell_Atup wrote:What name would best Replace Felix when it's going to be retired?


Ferdie
Franco
Flavio


Remember that Félix is an Spanish male name, and therefore, has to be replaced by another Spanish male name with the letter "F".


FILEMON
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Buck
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1174
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:04 pm
Location: Atlanta, GA

#11 Postby Buck » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:29 am

Francesco, definitely.
0 likes   
Top
CrazyC83
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 34006
Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:57 pm
Location: Deep South, for the first time!

Re: Re:

#12 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:47 am

Roswell_Atup wrote:
DanKellFla wrote:Cord, How many Cat 5 storms have not had their name retired?


only 2... EDITH and EMILY


Ethel and Cleo were not retired after they became Cat 5. (Cleo was retired for a different storm later)

Ethel weakened dramatically before landfall (putting the Cat 5 in doubt), and Cleo was a fish-spinner.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Roswell_Atup
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:57 am

Re: Replacing Felix

#13 Postby Roswell_Atup » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:44 pm

FULVIO would also be a good candidate
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
artist
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 9792
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:26 pm
Location: West Palm

#14 Postby artist » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:43 pm

I think that a name is retired when there is a certain loss of life. Correct me if I'm wrong guys.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
wxmann_91
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 8013
Age: 34
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:49 pm
Location: Southern California
Contact:
Contact wxmann_91

Re:

#15 Postby wxmann_91 » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:53 pm

artist wrote:I think that a name is retired when there is a certain loss of life. Correct me if I'm wrong guys.

No. Hurricane Gordon in 1994 killed thousands and didn't get retired. A storm is only retired if a country requests it.
0 likes   
Top
Deputy Van Halen
Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Posts: 104
Joined: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Texas City, TX

Re: Replacing Felix

#16 Postby Deputy Van Halen » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:47 pm

If they need a Spanish name, either Francisco or Felipe.

If it's an English name, Fritz. Or maybe X-Files fans could lobby for Fox.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Chacor
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 10229
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:43 pm
Location: Singapore

#17 Postby Chacor » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:47 pm

Fernando.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
Dionne
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1616
Age: 74
Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:51 am
Location: SW Mississippi....Alaska transplant via a Southern Belle.

Re: Re:

#18 Postby Dionne » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:13 am

wxmann_91 wrote:
artist wrote:I think that a name is retired when there is a certain loss of life. Correct me if I'm wrong guys.

No. Hurricane Gordon in 1994 killed thousands and didn't get retired. A storm is only retired if a country requests it.


Hurricane Gordon killed 1122 on Haiti. There were more deaths, although all in the single digits by country. History has it that the number of deaths on Haiti was due to the lack of a warning system.

Interesting that we had significant warning before Katrina and still had 1836 fatalities.
0 likes   
Top
yzerfan
Category 2
Category 2
Posts: 588
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 8:09 pm
Location: Niceville, FL

Re: Replacing Felix

#19 Postby yzerfan » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:46 am

Fido

Feeling oddly whimsical this morning here.
0 likes   
Top
OuterBanker
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1741
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:53 am
Location: Nags Head, NC
Contact:
Contact OuterBanker

#20 Postby OuterBanker » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:06 am

Yes request can be made. But final decision is made by the WMO (which also determines names).

lol, I like Fido too (remember, they did name a storm Bob).
0 likes   
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Talkin' Tropics”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: HurricaneBelle and 29 guests