Talk:Hurricane Charley

message: :Section moved from Talk:2004 Atlantic hurricane season.
Given that Charley looks like it's going to make a name for itself by hitting Tampa at a significant strength, it's probably time to think about giving it its own article. Already had someone ask on IRC asking if it had its own article. I'm going to do it myself in a few hours if there's no objections (we need to move a little more rapidly than with most articles). -- Cyrius|✎ 02:33, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it, you seem to be better with describing actions than me. I'm best at parroting the NHC. :P Incidentally, with the NHC now ignoring TD Bonnie, what's the best source of info? How long do we note Bonnie? Also, the last time Tampa/Clearwater was hit by a hurricane was, IIRC, 1912. So that alone makes this notable. Here's to landfall. --Golbez 05:07, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: It has been done. The intro could use some work. Now it needs an image! -- Cyrius|✎ 05:58, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurricane Charley and the 
Chocolate Factory
 separate article 

message: The wrath of God descends upon Wikipedia's server farm  - Tim Shell
:I prefer to think of it as an interesting and inconvenient coincidence. -- Cyrius|✎ 07:09, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll be here on wikipedia at least until either one of us loses power. --ssd 14:06, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Ah well I am sure Jimbo will nip out into the middle of it to get some great GFDL photos. Pcb21| Pete 16:15, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: What Tampa power cuts?  Gamaliel 00:33, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Word has it Tampa cut the power deliberately, instead of waiting for the network to be damaged by the storm. --Golbez 00:52, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps in some low lying parts, but certainly not in the entire city.       I am posting from Tampa.  Gamaliel 01:00, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Today's Tampa Tribune reported that they planned to cut power, but never actually did so as Charlie changed course. Gamaliel 17:48, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Jimbo said that the hosting facility in downtown Tampa was running on generators. He may have misstated, misheard, or been misinformed, but he said they were on generators due to the power being cut. -- Cyrius|✎ 18:26, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Which page are you looking at?  I see both 2pm and 5pm versions. anthony (see warning) 21:49, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/  I go there and it says Public Advisory #19 5 PM EDT, but when I click it, it gives me Advisory 18 Correction, 2pm. :( All the others work, except maps, but maps usually lag behind. But I wanna know why I can't seem to get 5pm. --Golbez 21:54, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: And of course now it works. Mutter. But it's off and on, it's weird. --Golbez 21:58, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: From what I've heard from long time residents here (tampa) this is a common occurance.  Even the news seemed to be urging that "this time it's really going to hit us" before the hurricane went on a different track, implying that there were a number of these same warnings in previous years. Still a lot of preparation, though.  I saw quite a few empty gas stations, and they were out of vinegar (why vinegar?) and other items at the stores. anthony (see warning) 12:44, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charley heads to Tampa 

message: damage to cuba was not minor the Miami Heral reported today 1 billion dollar damage
www.miami.com
--LegCircus 8/26/04
:Then Be Bold and edit the article and pop that in. We only put in what we know, this is apparently new to us. --Golbez 17:18, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  cuba damage 

message: Where is a public reference to the "criticism" cited in the current version? Can't find anything but a short CNN interview, and it's not in there: http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/14/se.11.html
:Reference to the AP story added. They don't have the exact quote of him criticising the media, or I'd have added it. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:06, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robbie Berg 

message: Suggest adding a sentence to the first paragraph:
"During the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, Hurricane Maria became the strongest Hurricane to make landfall since Andrew."
Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 155mph, making it the strongest forecastable Category 4 landfall possible on the SSHWS.Wade8888 (talk) 22:00, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This would be an unnecessary exercise as the article is about Hurricane Charley, which was indeed at its time the strongest hurricane to make landfall since Andrew; the main idea of that particular sentence is to highlight the longer-than-decade timespan between Andrew and another storm of comparable magnitude for Florida or the United States. Since the crux of the sentence is about Charley, and not Andrew, Maria being the new "strongest since Andrew" ought not to hold any bearing on the Charley article.  TheAustinMan(Talk·Works) 22:09, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurricane Maria Stronger