>>> With the loss of life these systems can bring -- see the May Haiti storm -- it is obvious that some attention should be paid to these systems. But do they deserve to become a part of the tropical cyclone climatology as named storms? My personal belief is no

We should have an off season discussion on this...While Ed will argue with me, I believe (I've said it enough times) that the NHC TOTALLY dropped the ball with said May storm...maybe it wasn't totally tropical, and maybe it didn't deserve a name, but there was NO RECON nor even any discussion of such. 3,000 Haitians lost their lives in this disaster...I also believe that because of this terrible tragedy, the NHC did an excellent job (for the most part) during the rest of the season...including prepping for recon for 91L & 92L.

I think we're done for 2004...the season from hell.