List of Retired Hurricanes--Is Your Name on It?

Now that the Atlantic hurricane season has started, it's time to batten down the hatches and keep an eye on the sea.

Sometimes we "pull for" hurricanes that have our name on them. My name is Andrew--moniker for the baddest hurricane (financially) the U.S. has ever seen.

The following is a list of other hurricanes that have been so destructive or notorious that they have been officially retired. Is your name among them?

Agnes (1972+*): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983*): North Texas
Allen (1980*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Andrew (1992*): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
Anita (1977): Mexico
Audrey (1957+*): Louisiana, North Texas
Betsy (1965+*): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
Beulah (1967*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Bob (1991*): North Carolina & Northeast U.S.
Camille (1969+*): Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Carla (1961+*): Texas
Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana
Carol (1954+*): Northeast U.S.
Celia (1970*): South Texas
Cesar (1996): Nicaragua
Cleo (1964*): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
Connie (1955+): North Carolina
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Diana (1990): Mexico
Diane (1955+*): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S.
Donna (1960+*): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Elena (1985*): Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida
Eloise (1975*): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey
Fran (1996): North Carolina
Frederic (1979*): Alabama and Mississippi
Georges (1998): Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Gloria (1985*): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
Hazel (1954+*): Antilles, North and South Carolina
Hilda (1964+*): Louisiana
Hortense (1996): Caribbean, Puerto Rico
Hugo (1989*): Antilles, South Carolina
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
Ione (1955*): North Carolina
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam)
Klaus (1990): Martinique
Lenny (1999): Caribbean
Luis (1995): Leeward Islands
Marilyn (1995): U.S. Virgin Islands
Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
Opal (1995): Florida, Alabama

KEY
+Within the list of top 37 deadliest U.S. hurricanes
*Within the list of the top 31 costliest U.S. hurricanes (in 1990 dollars)
(Measurements only available through 1992 for storms that affected the U.S.)

NOTE:
"Carol" was used again to denote a hurricane in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 1965. However, because the name does not appear after that time, it is assumed that the name was retired retrospectively for the damages caused by the 1954 storm of the same name.

Some of the most deadly and costly storms occurred before hurricanes were named and are not reflected in the list.

Source: NOAA

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Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. Rom. 12:12 NLT

It's not my name but I surely remember Opal. We were living in coastal Alabama when it blew through. It was quite a storm. We were just far enough away that it didn't take the roof off!

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For I know that my redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.
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Linda

In October 15th, 1954 rains from Hurricane Hazel killed over 80 people in Toronto.

She came up through New York State and actually gained strength from the waters of lake Ontario.

Hazel was a minimal hurricane by the time she hit T.O. (75-80 mph) but the rains were very hard on the ravine system and houses that were built near it.

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Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. Rom. 12:12 NLT