Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33388760-20171206152000/@comment-34742844-20181117175420

The WMO does not have any criteria for retiring a name other than being deadly or destructive for that country. There is no specific number of damage or deaths that warrants retirement (in fact, no basins other than the Philippines's area of responsibility have any criteria stating a storm must have caused this amount of damage or deaths for warranting retirement).

It's fine that you are stating your opinion on what names to be retired or not, and the criteria for it, but keep in mind that criteria isn't the official criteria the WMO use.

As for Erika, that name deserved to be retired, as that was the worst storm in Dominica since David (Maria 2 years later would be worse though).