Can you name the retired Atlantic hurricane names?

Year	Name	Location affected
1954		New England
1954		New England
1954		Caribbean, North Carolina, Canada
1955		Mid-Atlantic
1955		Mid-Atlantic
1955		North Carolina
1955		Mexico
1957		Western U.S. Gulf Coast
1960		Caribbean, Eastern U.S.
1961		Texas
1961		Belize
1963		Caribbean
1964		Caribbean, Florida
1964		Florida
1964		Louisiana
1965		Bahamas, Florida, Louisiana
1966		Caribbean, Mexico
1967		Caribbean, Mexico
1969		U.S. Gulf Coast, Virginia
1970		Texas
1972		Florida, Eastern U.S.
1974		Mexico, Louisiana
1974		Central America
1975		Florida, Eastern U.S.
1977		Mexico
1979		Caribbean, Eastern U.S.

Year	Name	Location affected
1979		U.S. Gulf Coast
1980		Caribbean, Mexico
1983		Texas
1985		U.S. Gulf Coast
1985		Eastern U.S.
1988		Caribbean, Mexico
1988		Nicaragua
1989		Caribbean, Carolinas
1990		Mexico
1990		Martinque
1991		Northeastern U.S.
1992		Bahamas, Florida, Southern U.S.
1995		Northeastern Caribbean
1995		Northeastern Caribbean
1995		Florida, Southern U.S.
1995		Mexico
1996		Central America
1996		Carolinas, Virginia
1996		Northeastern Caribbean
1998		Caribbean, Southern U.S.
1998		Central America
1999		Eastern U.S.
1999		Caribbean
2000		Central America, Mexico
2001		Texas, Louisiana
2001		Belize

Year	Name	Location affected
2001		Cayman Islands, Cuba
2002		Cuba, Mexico, Southern U.S.
2002		Cuba, Southern U.S.
2003		Bermuda
2003		Mid-Atlantic States
2003		Nova Scotia
2004		Cuba, Florida
2004		Bahamas, Florida
2004		Caribbean, Southern U.S.
2004		Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
2005		Caribbean, Florida
2005		Florida, Southern U.S.
2005		Texas, Louisiana
2005		Mexico, Central America
2005		Central America, Mexico, Florida
2007		Caribbean, Mexico
2007		Central America
2007		Caribbean
2008		Cuba, Southern U.S.
2008		Cuba, Texas
2008		Cayman Islands, Cuba
2010		Windward Islands, San Lucia, Haiti
2010		Newfoundland
2011		Eastern U.S.

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Retired Atlantic Hurricanes Quiz

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	mfisher64:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:18 GMT		15 points
	agh i tried guessing normal names then saw the answers and realised i didn't have a ghost of a chance

	Detektor:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:23 GMT		32 points
	You know you're in trouble when you start guessing "Consuela".

	American:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT		7 points
	I remembered a spanish-named hurricane in 2003. I ended up trying "jesus" before juan.

	radiosilence:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT		23 points
	Still waiting for Gale to be used as a hurricane name...

	Esme:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:05 GMT		3 points
	Wow, I really liked that! Good idea for a quiz. :)

	fomalhaut:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT		-3 points
	How about "Scrambles: the Death Dealer"? ;)

	Hurricanehink:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT		9 points
	Radiosilence- actually, there was a Hurricane Gail in 1953, close enough to Gale ;)

	camilo9292:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT		15 points
	Hurricane Bob- a guessers best friend

	tomibran:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:58 GMT		1 point
	lol besides the newer ones, i had only known Andrew...then i just started spouting names and asking my mom

	GrooGruxKing:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 07:18 GMT		12 points
	Just going to put it out there... Naming porn stars got me quite a few answers...

	santosaurus:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 07:26 GMT		21 points
	Who comes up with these names? Hurricane Fifi -- seriously? THAT sounds like a destructive name right there.

	biggers:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 07:56 GMT		1 point
	I blew out on this quiz

	LoveShack:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT		4 points
	Paloma is a bit too peaceful for a hurricana name.

	mike5816:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 14:08 GMT		1 point
	[1] Hurricane Carol (1954) and Hurricane Edna (1954) were retired retroactively, but only after Hurricane Carol (1965) and Tropical Storm Edna (1968) had already been named. [2] Hurricane Hilda (1964) and Hurricane Janet (1955) were also retired retroactively, but before the name actually was used again. There needs to be some sort of footnote for these storms, because the date shown can be misleading.

	AtoneMENT:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT		5 points
	@santosaurus -- I thought the same thing -- imagine going through all of that suffering and loss, and having it be at the hands of a storm named Fifi?? It's like being mocked on top of everything else. And you know, I would bet cash money that Hurricane Gloria was 1984 -- that was the one that blew down the old My-T-Fine Coco Malt sign in Hoboken, and I said, something bad is going to happen, and it did,the next day, and it was 1984 :(

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	drn211:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 17:40 GMT		1 point
	Hurricane Gracie is a bonus

	MickeyM2:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 20:13 GMT		0 points
	Once your name is used and retired you begin to look to the storm names with more interest.....

	bret99954:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 21:58 GMT		0 points
	Hurricane Zulu

	Annie:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 23:02 GMT		1 point
	Tropical Storm Allison is the only tropical storm on this list. Can anyone tell me what was so significant about her?

	Cailin:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT		2 points
	@Annie: Due to the extreme destruction, the name Allison was retired in the Spring of 2002, and will never again be used in the Atlantic basin; the 2001 incarnation of Allison is the only Atlantic tropical system to have its name retired without reaching hurricane strength. The name was replaced with Andrea in the 2007 season.

	Figment:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 01:36 GMT		2 points
	@AtoneMENT: Nope. Gloria was definitely in '85. I had just gotten married a few months before and I remember being worried about possible damage to our new condo (also in NJ) so soon after having moved in. Thankfully we did fine.

	antediluvian:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 02:55 GMT		2 points
	"Hurricane Gloria didn't break the porch swing, Monica did!" -Ross, "Friends"

	schulace:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 03:44 GMT		4 points
	Why do the mothers of all these Hurricanes have bad taste in names?

	mew:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 09:27 GMT		2 points
	I can't believe I missed Gustav and Ike... I had a combined 8 days off work because of them last year!

	HPZ:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 16:49 GMT		1 point
	Hurricane Klaus's hint is misspelled. It should be "Martinique."

	dalton:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 17:07 GMT		4 points
	lol LOOK OUT! HERE IT COMES! IT'S HURRICANE DORA!! AAAAAHH!

	namehere:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 19:42 GMT		5 points
	According to my climatology textbook, the lineup for names in 2010 includes such gems as earl, finoa, gaston, hermine, igor, otto, shary, virginie and walter...and that's only on the atlantic coast. =)

	sbelkoski:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 14:14 GMT		5 points
	I can't believe I missed the only hurricane I've ever been in! RIP hurricane bob.

	Przewalski:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 18:54 GMT		8 points
	....Fifi....? Fifi?!

	midnightdj:	Apr 9th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT		1 point
	I remember hurricane Donna causing a lot of damage in New York City (specifically Brooklyn) where I grew up...that was in 1960.

	bluejaymaniac:	May 24th, 2010 at 01:19 GMT		3 points
	I got 20. Should have had Mitch because I read about its effects on Honduras in National Geographic. Also, I didn't get any of the recent ones other than Ike. You can see a relationship between whether a hurricane hits the US and how much media coverage it'll get...

	Aberchild:	Mar 16th, 2011 at 23:02 GMT		4 points
	Time to update this quiz! The names Igor and Tomas have been retired after the 2010 season.

	Patteroast:	Dec 18th, 2011 at 06:42 GMT		2 points
	I have a strange feeling that the name Irene might be joining this list sometime soon.

	infinitemonkeys:	Mar 23rd, 2012 at 13:53 GMT		2 points
	Did anyone else type Higgins?

	Hurricanehink:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 03:03 GMT		1 point
	It needs to be updated, since Irene was added.