Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33388760-20181227215710/@comment-34007573-20181231040723

HurricaneAlpha96 wrote: Disney1994 VGCP wrote: Here's my current list as of 12/30/2018:

Retire:

Bret (1993) - 213 dead, 167 in Venezuela alone. '''Wouldn't have been taken seriously at the time as it was a TS. It wasn't until Allison of 2001 that TS 'were' taken seriously.'''

Gordon (1994) - 1,000+ dead in Haiti. See Bret.

Hanna (2008) - 500+ dead in Haiti. Hard to separate the death toll from Hanna in Haiti from the indirect deaths caused by Fay and Gustav previously.

Alex (2010) - Same as Karl but spreaded to Texas. '''Only $1.5 billion and 12 deaths from Mexico. The rest were from Central America.'''

Karl (2010) - $3.9 billion loss in Veracuz. Personally' agree but could go either way due to only killing 22 people in a wealthy part of 'Mexico.

Unretire:

Elena (1985) - Camille and Frederic were far worse. Should replace Elsa if it gets retired. '''Seriously? Only four deaths from Elena? WTF were they thinking?'''

Diana (1990) - Gilbert two years earlier was a lot worse for Mexico. '''Killed 140 people in Mexico. The ax was appropriate.'''

Klaus (1990) - Self-explanatory. Agree.

Roxanne (1995) - Same as Diana except seven years since Gilbert. Could go either way but I personally agree.

Cesar (1996) - Joan and Mitch were far more devastating for Central America. Worst hurricane in the history of Costa Rica in terms of both damage (adjusted to $750 million when accounting for GDP) and deaths.

Lenny (1999) - Only caused moderate damage. Agree.

Keith (2000) - Nothing will match Hattie for Belize. '''You're right but Keith caused damage equal to 45% of Belize's GDP plus 70 deaths throughout the region. Needed to go.'''

Iris (2001) - See Keith. Same with Keith 'except' 25% of the GDP and half the deaths.

Paloma (2008) - Ivan four years earlier was a lot worse for Grand Cayman. Agree.

Erika (2015) - Nothing will match Maria and David for Dominica. '''Damage equal to 90% of Dominica's GDP has to stand for something. Much like Keith and Iris with Belize.'''

Joaquin (2015) - Wasn't a terrible storm despite the El Faro tragedy. Agree.

Otto (2016) - Nowhere near as bad as Joan for Costa Rica. Even Cesar was objectively worse. Agree. Should've stated this earlier, but I'm neutral over Erika, Keith and Iris' retirements. I also think Elena should replace Elsa if it gets retired.