User blog comment:Bobnekaro/Joaquin, Erika and Patricia retired!/@comment-27446087-20160426190601

To be honest, i was kind of expecting Erika to be retired because it was the costliest storm of the season (in the Atlantic), and I figured that is Joaquin, which did around $120 million in damages, had a chance at retirement, I was pretty certain Erika would be retired as well, even though it was a tropical storm. Patricia, despite making landfall over vastly rural areas, caused enormous damage in Jalisco and surrounding communities, which contributed to its retirement, although it was probably its intensity that played a large role in the name being retired.