Could Otto be retired?
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Ad Novoxium
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Could Otto be retired?
I was going through several reports on the damage on the islands hit by Otto, and I kept getting amazed at the photos and rainfall, and I'm really wondering: could the islands (especially the British Virgin Islands) request Otto's retirement? I wanted to hear some other opinions on it.
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Not a chance, if we retired names based on rainfall we wouldn't have any names left.
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Nate-Gillson
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Ad Novoxium wrote:I was going through several reports on the damage on the islands hit by Otto, and I kept getting amazed at the photos and rainfall, and I'm really wondering: could the islands (especially the British Virgin Islands) request Otto's retirement? I wanted to hear some other opinions on it.
Fail.
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
No. Otto didn't cause enough damage to warrant retirement. According to Wikipedia, Otto caused an estimated $58 Million in damage.
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Category 5 wrote:Not a chance, if we retired names based on rainfall we wouldn't have any names left.
Allison?
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Hurricanehink
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Tireman4 wrote:Category 5 wrote:Not a chance, if we retired names based on rainfall we wouldn't have any names left.
Allison?
Allison did cause $5 billion in damage...
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Tireman4 wrote:Category 5 wrote:Not a chance, if we retired names based on rainfall we wouldn't have any names left.
Allison?
Otto caused about 5 billion fewer dollars in damage. Allison caused 5 billion dollars in damage.
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Cleveland Kent Evans
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
Category 5 wrote:Tireman4 wrote:Category 5 wrote:Not a chance, if we retired names based on rainfall we wouldn't have any names left.
Allison?
Otto caused about 5 billion fewer dollars in damage. Allison caused 5 billion dollars in damage.
I have no idea if Otto will be retired, but there is no automatic dollar amount in damages that leads or does not lead to retirement. Hurrican Klaus in 1990 probably caused less than the dollar amount of damage Otto did, but its name was retired because the government of Martinique requested it because of the damage to that particular island.
If the government of the British Virgin Islands or another small island nation damaged by Otto requests that the name be retired, it probably will be, no matter what the total dollar damages are. It's the psychological impact of a storm on the citizens of a particular nation that would lead them to asked for its retirement, not some arbitrary figure in terms of dollars or deaths.
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HurricaneBill
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
There are 3 names I think should be retired:
Alex (Mexico)
Igor (Newfoundland)
Karl (Mexico)
Alex (Mexico)
Igor (Newfoundland)
Karl (Mexico)
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Florida1118
Re: Could Otto be retired?
Lets break it down.Well we know which storms will NOT be retired...
Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Fiona, Gaston, Julia, Lisa, and Nicole
Storms that have a 50/50 (or some chance at all) at being retired...
Hermine, Matthew, Otto, and Paula
Storms that have a good chance at retirement...
Alex, Earl, Igor, and Karl
Just my opinion of course.
Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Fiona, Gaston, Julia, Lisa, and Nicole
Storms that have a 50/50 (or some chance at all) at being retired...
Hermine, Matthew, Otto, and Paula
Storms that have a good chance at retirement...
Alex, Earl, Igor, and Karl
Just my opinion of course.
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AussieMark
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Re: Could Otto be retired?
HurricaneBill wrote:There are 3 names I think should be retired:
Alex (Mexico)
Igor (Newfoundland)
Karl (Mexico)
I agree with this completely
Igor was so much worse than Juan from reports I have heard
Alex was deadly
Karl was economically devastating
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