Whatever the future of tropical storms may bring, at least we will never again have to experience one called “Ida.”
The World Meteorological Organization officially has removed Ida from the lists of tropical-storm names that are recycled in six-year intervals, a distinction belonging to only the deadliest and most-destructive storms. (This year’s “I” storm will be “Ian.”)
While historically it did not quite measure up to the Galveston hurricane of 1900 that killed over 8,000 people or The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 that is credited with jump-starting the Depression in South Florida, Ida more than qualifies. They predated the naming era.
