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Thread #104004   Message #2125703
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
14-Aug-07 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hurricane Dean
Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane Dean
My own concern is "Erin", which is the next name, after Dean, on the Atlantic list for this year.

Except for severe storms whose names are retired, storm names are recycled every six years. All but one of the storms I've experienced in my lifetime has had its name retired, the exception being "Erin". 1995's Erin was a weak Category 2 storm that scored a direct hit on Pensacola, but didn't do enough damage to merit name retirement.

To the best of my knowledge, there have never been two storms of the same name to hit the same metropolitan area years apart, but it's been noted before that the universe isn't lacking for a sense of irony. There's probably some T-shirt printer in town who's already designed the graphics for an "I Survived Hurricane Erin Twice" shirt, just in case the opportunity to sell a few thousand should arrive.