Ida was a fight from day one. Just the fact that a late season storm made landfall is very unusual. But Ida didn't stop after giving the Gulf Coast plenty of rain. In fact the damage was more severe along the East Coast.
As the ghost of Ida made her way along the East Coast, the storm gained energy. Causing at least six deaths, massive beach erosion, damaging winds, and flooding to North Carolina, Virginia, and up the coast line to New Jersey. Because Ida was no longer tropical, she lost her name. Well by nature people don't take a storm seriously if it is not named. Tell the people of the Outer Banks and North East that this storm wasn't "Serious." The remnants of Ida delivered what some forecasters would rank as a Top 10 Nor'Easter.
So the question is, how long should a fighting storm like Ida keep it's name?
Meteorologist Marla Branson
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