saw / had seen

Re: saw / had seen
More fragments with no context. Either can be correct.

It depends what you are trying to say, time wise.

I saw a hurricane yesterday. It was the first hurricane I had seen

since arriving in Barbados.
since Monday.
in my life.

I saw a hurricane on the 22nd of August. It was the first hurricane I saw

while I was in Barbados.
in 1996.
during my holiday.

Many thanks, Contrex.

It was the first time that I saw / had seen a hurricane. ('first' was left out in the post)

My reply assumed that you had actually included the word "first". (I didn't noticed it was missing!)

Thanks, Contrex.

I'm aware of that. I corrected my sentence just for the sake of correcting it.