# Talk:Hurricane Bonnie (1998)

Atlantic hurricanes like this one should have the metric conversions to any measurements (kilometres, metres, km/h, etc.). People like me can't fully understand any of these imperial measurements (miles, inches, mph, etc). RaNdOm26 12:19, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

And a somewhat decent ref, if anyone has an AMS subscription: http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FJAS3598.1 Titoxd(?!?) 22:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Rainfall north of Maryland should be mentioned. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Added. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 22:33, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hurricane Bonnie (1998)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Hi!  I will be reviewing this article for GA status, and I should have the full review up within a couple of hours. Dana boomer (talk) 00:43, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS): 
In the Florida and South Carolina preparation section, you say "...National Guard put about 1,512 men on act of duty..."  Should this be "active duty"?
Same section, you say "...buses were provided to help evacuate people, an ongoing operation."  What do you mean by an ongoing operation?  Do you mean that this has happened for other hurricanes since or that this was ongoing throughout the prep for Bonnie?
North Carolina and Virginia preparation section, you say "...with plans to reopen mainly when...".  What do you mean by "reopen mainly"?
Same section, you say "...and ride out the storm far out to sea."  Is there some way to avoid one of the "out"s in this sentence?
In the South Carolina impact section you say "...and storm surge was 2 to 3 ft (0.61 to 0.91 m) above average."  What do you mean by above average?  Was this higher than the normal sea level, or higher than storm surges usually were?  Same wording in the North Carolina section.
In the North Carolina impact section, you say "In some areas, the vegetative and structural debris reached 1 m (3.3 ft) deep, and is said to have shielded inland regions from hazardous debris."  Does this mean that it was this deep on the ground, and how did this shield inland regions?
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
Most of the references are formatted using "cite xyz" templates.  Current ref 27 (Dow and Cutter) doesn't, and it's confusing enough that I'm not even sure what the ref is, except for the fact that I think it's a published source.
Please spell out acronyms, such as NCDERN in current ref 30 and AARL in current ref 33.  Please check for others, these are just examples.
Please add publishers for current refs 49 (Nowell), 55 (Roth), and 57 (FEM).
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
Is there no information about the naming of the storm?  Was the name retired?
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 

I've gotten through everything except for a complete prose review of the article, but I'm being called away to some RL things.  I apologize for not finishing this review all at one time, but I should have my comments on prose up by the end of tomorrow. Dana boomer (talk) 01:28, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I guess my prediction of when I would finish was a bit off...for which I apologize.  I have completed the prose review of the article, and so just the above issues need to be completed before the article attains GA status.  So, I'm putting the article on hold to allow you time to address the issues. Dana boomer (talk) 00:20, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the review. Done with everything. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Everything looks good, so I'm passing the article. Nice work, and thanks for the prompt response. Dana boomer (talk) 12:54, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Cool, thanks. :-) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 12:57, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Overall copyedit.
More impact information for South Carolina.
If possible, look for more impact info for North Carolina.
More overall preps, verify evacuations.
Cut down on excessive detail in SH; look for AMS journals.
Organize aftermath.
Look for more aftermath information, such as federal funds, rebuilding efforts.
Find picture for the Mid-Atlantic impact section.
Add publication dates to all references.
Look for more analysis information. Possible "Analysis and observation" section?
Look for information in books.
–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

"However, as the storm turned towards the right in response to the approaching trough ...". Eh? The right from whose point of view? Surely this should be given as a compass heading? --Malleus Fatuorum 20:04, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Good point, fixed. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:08, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

... per request. Here's what came up (I left out the numerous conference abstracts):

Title: Measuring storm surge with an airborne wide-swath radar altimeter.
Author(s): Wright, C. W.; Walsh, E. J.; Krabill, W. B., et al.
Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology   Volume: 26   Issue: 10   Pages: 2200-2215   Published: 2009

Title: Assimilation of rain-affected radiances with an adjoint mesoscale model
Author(s): Amerault, C; Zou, XL; Doyle, J
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING   Volume: 3   Article Number: 033531   Published: 2009

Title: Numerical Simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part III: Energetics
Author(s): Hogsett, W; Zhang, DL
Source: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES   Volume: 66   Issue: 9   Pages: 2678-2696   Published: 2009

Title: Extreme Helicity and Intense Convective Towers in Hurricane Bonnie
Author(s): Molinari, J; Vollaro, D
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 136   Issue: 11   Pages: 4355-4372   Published: 2008

Title: A lagrangian trajectory view on transport and mixing processes between the eye, eyewall, and environment using a high-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998)
Author(s): Cram, TA; Persing, J; Montgomery, MT, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES   Volume: 64   Issue: 6   Pages: 1835-1856   Published: JUN 2007

Title: High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part I: The organization of eyewall vertical motion
Author(s): Braun, SA; Montgomery, MT; Pu, ZX
Source: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES   Volume: 63   Issue: 1   Pages: 19-42   Published: JAN 2006

Title: High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Water budget
Author(s): Braun, SA
Source: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES   Volume: 63   Issue: 1   Pages: 43-64   Published: JAN 2006

Title: Numerical simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Sensitivity to varying cloud microphysical processes
Author(s): Zhu, T; Zhang, DL
Source: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES   Volume: 63   Issue: 1   Pages: 109-126   Published: JAN 2006

Title: Low-level kinematic, thermodynamic, and reflectivity fields associated with Hurricane Bonnie (1998) at landfall
Author(s): Schneider, R; Barnes, GM
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 133   Issue: 11   Pages: 3243-3259   Published: NOV 2005

Title: Surface observations of landfalling hurricane rainbands
Author(s): Skwira, GD; Schroeder, JL; Peterson, RE
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 133   Issue: 2   Pages: 454-465   Published: FEB 2005

Title: Numerical simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part I: Eyewall evolution and intensity changes
Author(s): Zhu, T; Zhang, DL; Weng, FH
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 132   Issue: 1   Pages: 225-241   Published: JAN 2004

Title: A numerical study of the impact of vertical shear on the distribution of rainfall in Hurricane Bonnie (1998)
Author(s): Rogers, R; Chen, SY; Tenerelli, J, et al.
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 131   Issue: 8   Pages: 1577-1599   Published: AUG 2003

Title: Inflow layer energetics of Hurricane Bonnie (1998) near landfall
Author(s): Wroe, DR; Barnes, GM
Source: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW   Volume: 131   Issue: 8   Pages: 1600-1612   Published: AUG 2003

Title: Hurricane Bonnie wind flow characteristics as determined from WEMITE
Author(s): Schroeder, JL; Smith, DA
Source: JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS   Volume: 91   Issue: 6   Pages: 767-789   Published: MAY 2003

Title: ER-2 Doppler radar investigations of the eyewall of Hurricane Bonnie during the convection and moisture experiment-3
Author(s): Heymsfield, GM; Halverson, JB; Simpson, J, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY   Volume: 40   Issue: 8   Pages: 1310-1330   Published: 2001
Have fun! Sasata (talk) 15:03, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

In June, 1998, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned that Orlando, Florida, risked the wrath of God (including serious hurricanes) if it sponsored a "Gay Days" festival. Bonnie, the first hurricane of the season, originally tracked for Orlando, before turning north to cause damage in the vicinity of Robertson's Christian Broadcast Network campus in Virginia Beach. In fact, the only hurricane that affected Orlando that year was the remnant of Mitch, leaving 1.5 inches (38 mm) of rain on November 5.

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