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Storm of the Month: Winner: TC Nargis
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Not sure I voted the right way. By 'storm of the month' do you mean biggest? Most impact/deadly? (obviously Nargis) Most rare? Most interesting weather-wise? That's what I thought you meant, so voted for the tornadoes in mid-May. All of May was incredible, with 547 tornadoes reported. At least twice the average number, and 5 times the average number (2) of killer tornadoes. An F3 up on the Great Basin high plain in CO, and at least one in moutainous Laramie, amazing!
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It's completely your choice, there's no specific way on how to vote. You should choose the weather phenomenon you feel most strongly deserves the moniker, based on whatever criteria you wish. It's just my opinion, and that of quite a few people, that perhaps we shouldn't have had a vote this month due to Nargis's overwhelming toll.
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StormspinnerD2 wrote:I've voted, even if I feel this poll is a joke and totally unnecessary.
Well, I don't think so, I think this vote makes me think of the hard work we have made to track these tropical systems.
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I can't quite imagine having a month of this magnitude in the near future. Every single nominee was a very significant weather event, and yet it was a landslide.
Included in this list are:
One of the top ten deadliest cyclones of all time (considering that it is highly unlikely that more than 34,000 missing people will suddenly be found, though that would be a miracle).
The first time two consecutive Atlantic Hurricane years contained at least one storm in May.
The second EF5 tornado ever recorded, itself causing devastation almost on the level of the first.
3 significant tornado outbreaks/sequences.
Several damaging incidents caused by "normal" weather (which is higher than the average amount nominated in this contest).
And to top it all off, a very impressive (though not atypical) WPAC storm.
Included in this list are:
One of the top ten deadliest cyclones of all time (considering that it is highly unlikely that more than 34,000 missing people will suddenly be found, though that would be a miracle).
The first time two consecutive Atlantic Hurricane years contained at least one storm in May.
The second EF5 tornado ever recorded, itself causing devastation almost on the level of the first.
3 significant tornado outbreaks/sequences.
Several damaging incidents caused by "normal" weather (which is higher than the average amount nominated in this contest).
And to top it all off, a very impressive (though not atypical) WPAC storm.
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Squarethecircle wrote:One of the top ten deadliest cyclones of all time (considering that it is highly unlikely that more than 34,000 missing people will suddenly be found, though that would be a miracle).
If I recall correctly, Nargis is the currently the eighth deadliest tropical cyclone on record. If the missing are counted as dead, it's the seventh deadliest on record. What a way to begin that basin's season.
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