Since Bush was inaugurated, 17 hurricanes were bad enough to have their names retired

[SoCalDem]

Not particularly meaningful, but it's just another spoke in the "Wheel of Misfortune" we have all been spinning for 7 years now :(

(there were 12 under Clinton...3 under carter)

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/retired.asp
Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History

Katrina
Rita
Stan
Wilma.
* Dennis (2005): Cuba, Florida
* Jeanne (2004): Florida
* Ivan (2004): Grenada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Alabama, Florida
* Frances (2004): Florida
* Charley (2004): Cuba, Florida
* Juan (2003): Nova Scotia
* Isabel (2003): North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
* Fabian (2003): Bermuda
* Lili (2002): Cuba, Louisiana
* Isidore (2002): Cuba, Mexico, Louisiana
* Michelle (2001): Cuba, Bahamas
* Iris (2001): Belize
* Allison (2001): Texas
* Keith (2000): Belize, Mexico
* Lenny (1999): Virgin Islands, St. Maartin/St. Martin, Anguilla
* Floyd (1999): North Carolina
* Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
* Georges (1998): Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispanolia, Cuba, Mississippi
* Hortense (1996): Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
* Fran (1996): North Carolina
* Cesar (1996): Nicaragua
* Roxanne (1995): Mexico
* Opal (1995): Florida
* Marilyn (1995): Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands
* Luis (1995): Leeward Islands
* Andrew (1992): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
* Bob (1991): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
* Klaus (1990): Martinique
* Diana (1990): Mexico
* Hugo (1989): Antilles, South Carolina
* Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific)
* Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
* Gloria (1985): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
* Elena (1985): Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida
* Alicia (1983): North Texas
* Allen (1980): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
* Frederic (1979): Alabama and Mississippi
* David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
* Anita (1977): Mexico
* Eloise (1975): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
* Fifi (1974): Honduras, Guatemala
* Carmen (1974): Mexico, Louisiana
* Agnes (1972): Florida, Northeast U.S.
* Celia (1970): South Texas
* Camille (1969): Mississipi
* Beulah (1967): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
* Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
* Betsy (1965): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
* Dora (1964): Northeast Florida
* Cleo (1964): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
* Hilda (1964): Louisiana
* Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
* Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
* Carla (1961): Texas
* Donna (1960): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
* Gracie (1959): Bahamas, South Carolina
* Audrey (1957): Louisiana, North Texas
* Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
* Ione (1955): North Carolina
* Diane (1955): Mid-Atlantic U.S., Northeast U.S.
* Connie (1955): North Carolina
* Hazel (1954): Antilles, North and South Carolina
* Edna (1954): Massachusetts
* Carol (1954): Northeast U.S.


*****EDITED TO ADD THE ONES AT THE TOP WHO WERE RETIRED AFTER THIS LIST WAS COMPILED ****

[babylonsister]

1. Didn't Nostradamus predict weather events and evil men at the

start of this century? That man could project!

[NobleCynic]

12. Predicting evil men is a safe bet any century n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

2. In 2009, EVERY hurricane will be named George W. nt

[Auggie]

3. Where's Katrina?

[Ediacara]

4. That list is incomplete, in 2005 five names were retired, not just one

Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, and Wilma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retired_Atlantic_hurricanes#Landfalls

[SoCalDem]

11. You are right.. i guess they have not updated their list..

I'll edit mine :)

[panader0]

5. And even more of bush's minions have been bad enough to be

retired, (or imprisoned).

[TahitiNut]

6. 'Katrina' should be retired. It should be a permanent mark of shame on our history.

:grr:

[tammywammy]

7. It is retired, that list is incomplete. n/t

[Disturbed]

8. Name the next one "Dumbya".

Right?

[methinks2]

9. Storms

If you were a religious person, you would think God is angry at us?

Do I win a prize? Did I guess right? :bounce:

[Disturbed]

10. God is not interactive. He/She fled from the Humans right

after Cain killed Abel. God knew that this was a bad omen & scurried off to another galaxy.

[SoCalDem]

13. Might be Mother Nature..