User:E. Brown/Hurricane Hall of Fame
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Hurricanes are one of nature's most powerful entities. Most tropical cyclones are relatively ordinary. But some cause incredible devastation that echoes through generations. I started this several years ago when I was just getting into tracking storms. To me, it's a stark display of the awesome power of tropical cyclones. I think it stands as proof that nature knows no bounds and the only thing we can expect is the unexpected. Included in this list are the terrible, the awesome, and the downright insane. Only Atlantic and Pacific storms are included at this time, although further expansion is being considered.
For a storm to be considered it has to
- a) have formed after 1800.
- b) be at least two seasons old.
- c) have achieved something historically significant, been so destructive as to have left a lasting physical and psychological impact on those affected, or broken a significant record(s).
- d) have done so while a tropical cyclone.
- Storms whose names were retired (those who recieved names) are automatically considered, though not automatically inducted.
- Storms that killed over 1,000 people are automatically nominated.
- Storms that killed over 2,000 people are automatically inducted.
- Storms that caused the equivalent of at least $5 billion in damages are automatically nominated. For storms prior to 2000, values are inflation adjusted to 2004 USD.
- Storms that caused the equivalent of at least $10 billion in damage are automatically inducted. For storms prior to 2000, values are inflation adjusted to 2004 USD.