The name Fabian was used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean (Fabian replaced Frederic after the 1979 season) and three in the western Pacific.
It was used on the modern six-year lists in the Atlantic:
- 1985's Tropical Storm Fabian - moved northeast through Atlantic, threatened no land.
- 1991's Tropical Storm Fabian - passed over Isle of Youth and mainland Cuba, but no damage or casualties were reported.
- 1997's Tropical Storm Fabian - formed north of Puerto Rico, moved northeast, caused no damage or casualties.
- 2003's Hurricane Fabian - caused $300 million damage and four deaths after passing directly over Bermuda.
The name Fabian was retired after the 2003 season, and was replaced by Fred in the 2009 season.
Fabian was also used for three tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific:
- 1981's Tropical Storm Fabian (T8123, 23W, Unsing)
- 1985's Tropical Storm Fabian (T8501, 02W, Atring) - moderately strong storm that never threatened land.
- 1988's Tropical Storm Fabian (T8815, 12W)
Famous quotes containing the words tropical, storm and/or fabian:
“Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
That frequently happens in tropical climes
When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at Buena Vista, than by the steady and cheerful valor of the men who inhabit the snow-plow for their winter quarters; who have not merely the three-o’-clock-in-the-morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest, but whose courage does not go to rest so early, who go to sleep only when the storm sleeps or the sinews of their iron steed are frozen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Oh, Anna, the things I did! The things I did.... Oh, the things I did!”
—Jo Eisinger, and Jules Dassin. Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark)