Talk:Hurricane Floyd

message: More storm history (gasp!) and better intro. Jdorje 21:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: DONE!!! Man, that took all day! Is that better? ;-) I think this is one of those storms that could ultimately be a featured article. What's next on the todo list? Hurricanehink 04:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the content is great here now.  It needs a better introduction, and maybe a little more of a "central thread of narrative" through the impact section...though I'm not sure how to do that. Jdorje 21:01, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! This is just one of those hurricanes that should have an article quality proportional to its effects. Nice changes you made, and not sure about the impact section. Let's hope this article can ultimately get to FA status. Hurricanehink 22:53, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One other problem: there's no info on the canada impact, although canada is listed in the infobox. Jdorje 01:32, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Got it. Hurricanehink 01:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, that's about what happened.  Fortunately Floyd kept moving as it did so...if it had stopped dead over north carolina things could have been a lot worse.  Other good examples for what happens when a hurricane hits a cold front are Hurricane Hazel and Typhoon Nina.  (Also, it was Hink that did the article rewrite...I was just congratulating him on it.) Jdorje 21:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Todo

message: After the above discussions I put this up for peer review.  Follow this link to add the peer review page to your watchlist.  (Hink: Creating a PR is really easy, and explained at WP:PR: just add the template to the talk of the talk page, follow the link and edit the page, then add it to the WP:PR page.) — jdorje (talk) 05:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice. I'm sure we'll get some good feedback. Hurricanehink 12:38, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review 

message: I was about to ask if it was the NHC or the WMO who retired the name, when I saw HurricaneHink had just noticed the same problem and changed it to WMO.  But, for older storms the names came from the NHC only, right?  Where is the cutoff?  At what point did the WMO take over naming?  1979? — jdorje (talk) 22:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooh, not exactly sure. I would guess the WMO has been responsible for quite a while, though I have no idea for how long. 1969 was still under the National Hurricane Center's, due to John Hope selecting one of the names for the season (Camille, can verify on the page). I don't know how much after that did the WMO take responsibility, but I would guess sometime before 1999. Hurricanehink 23:06, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement 

message: :I removed this section from the main article; see the peer review for discussion. — jdorje (talk) 08:37, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good, but where could we put that awesome picture? Hurricanehink 14:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: A few final improvements and we should FAC this article.  One problem is lack of sources for a few places - I added  to the article; if anyone knows where that information comes from please add the relevant references. — jdorje (talk) 07:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As all of this has been done, I'm FACing it. —Cuiviénen (Cuivië) 02:07, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Got it! FA # 6!!!! Hurricanehink 04:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAC todo 

message: Curtosy of the FAC, one user noted there are too many pictures, and I agree. The North Carolina section, in particular, has 1 too many. Each is useful in its own way. The house one is a keeper, IMO, due to the fact it shows Property damage, something not seen elsewhere in the article. The Greenville Tar River one might be able to go, due to the fact that there is a flooding picture in the Virginia section just paragraphs later. The flood progression is another one that might be able to go, due to the fact there is a big picture describing the flood progression and that the animation isn't very clear. The last one, the flooding along the Tar and Neuse Rivers, is very big. It tells a lot, but the size is a big problem. I'm not saying we should get rid of it, but one picture in the section should be removed, IMO. Hurricanehink 22:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I got rid of the Greenville Tar River pic while you were posting this. It looks much better now. —Cuiviénen (Cuivië) 22:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, the North Carolina section looks better. However, the Virginia pic now overlaps, creating some empty space. Hurricanehink 22:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If just one of the pictures is to go it should be the coastal damage one. — jdorje (talk) 22:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You think? It is the only one that shows actual coastal damage. Hurricanehink 22:32, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The animated gif :Image:Floyd_Rocky_Mount_flooding.gif renders badly... wasn't removing this picture also suggested on the assessments page. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 22:56, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

text: But there was basically no coastal damage.  90% of the damage was flood damage.  The most important pics are the flood area graphic (the big one) and the greenville flooding (damage in greenville was something like $1b).  Madeline's got a good point that the animated graphic is scaled pretty poorly...maybe that's the one that should go. — jdorje (talk) 23:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: True about coastal damage. I agree, the animation should probably be removed. Hurricanehink 23:45, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I took it out. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 23:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many pics 

message: Somebody changed the name Floyd in the retirement section into the name Floyd.  Previously, some articles used bold in the retirement sections to list storm names, but I have pretty much gotten rid of it (there is no reason for an unrelated name to be bolded).  Using italics would be acceptable to me; it's also fine to keep the name without markup or to use "quotes".  But we should be consistent throughout all articles.  So which should it be? — jdorje (talk) 03:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No reason why it should be bold. Italics are fine. Titoxd(?!?) 05:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement 

message: NSLE has reverted my font size change to use small font again. Sorry, but I have reverted to normal font again. I do not buy the space argument here. We have enough space here, this is not a paper encyclopedia. I think the space argument does not merit to harm the visually impaired users by using ugly little fonts. Please remember that this encyclopedia is used by people of all sorts of age. Not every user is in his twenties (as a lot of editors here). Please do the visually impaired users a favor. It helps them and me a lot to better read the references. The space saved by using 85% font is very small to merit such a high barrier for those who have problems reading small fonts. I believe the harm done to those who have perfect sight is minor compared to the harm done to those who have problems reading small fonts. Please don't be arrogant to us. Thank you for your careful consideration. --Ligulem 09:18, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I apologize for being so persistent about the font size. I finally found out that I can define the font of the references for myself in my User:Ligulem/monobook.css. I would recommend to set the 85% font size for the references in Mediawiki:Monobook.css. I have posted a message on this on the tech village pump . Sorry again. --Ligulem 22:26, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Font size for references 

message: First and foremost, my compliments to the authors of this page. I think they did a very good job. One thing I was wondering about, however, regards the information on the total death toll from the storm. The page lists 35 deaths in North Carolina, which is the official NHC count, IIRC. However, in Jay Barnes' North Carolina's Hurricane History (3rd edition, ISBN # 0-8078-4969-3), 52 total NC deaths are attributed to Floyd, several of which occurred in the weeks following the storm as flood evacuations were underway. Perhaps the discrepancy of 20 or so deaths is officially what would be called "indirect", but the above book also lists the cause of death for each victim - and the majority of them are flooding deaths. I always thought that "indirect deaths" were generally such things as heart attacks, mishaps during cleanup (such as electrocution), etc., so it seems to me as if the Barnes total ought to be at least mentioned. Certainly his original source (the NC medical examiner) seems authoritative. CapeFearWX 02:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death Toll? 

message: *Melbourne, FL report
*Raleigh, NC report
*Mount Holly, NJ report
This is for reference, and info from there should probably be included in the article. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NWS Reports 

message: The article states that Hurricane Rita triggered the largest evacuation in U.S. history.  However, I believe Hurricane Gustav (2008) may have actually caused the largest evacuation.  Could some one verify this? (Hurricaneguy (talk) 03:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Evacuation History

message: I am originally from the Charleston, South Carolina area. When Hurricane Floyd was mentioned, I thought it was kinda interesting. As it turned out, Floyd came almost exactly 10 years to the very day after the disastrous Hurricane Hugo destroyed large parts of the area. Can this be put into the Hurricane Floyd or 1989 Atlantic hurricane season articles?  Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 20:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's sort of trivial, since Floyd didn't do much damage in South Carolina. If it was 10 years to the day, for example, and someone reputable said it, it might be worth adding, but as it is, I don't think it should be mentioned. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  18:49, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it is a trivial thing to mention. At the time, Hugo was the costliest hurricane in US history. Then, almost exactly 10 years later, another extremely powerful storm threatened to do damage to the area. If nothing else, a brief mention could be added. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 18:55, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: But as I said earlier, Floyd didn't do much to SC. It threatened to hit Florida, but didn't, and never really threatened SC that badly. If you get a source that backs it up, then maybe. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  19:45, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Furthermore, they appear to have hit five days apart. Thats a bit much for "almost exactly", especially when you consider most bad storms happen in a two month period. 10 years is more arbitrary than it seems. If it was exactly the same day one year apart in the same area, that could warrant mention if it compounded existing damage, but otherwise, this seems a stretch. --Golbez (talk) 19:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anniversary storm? 

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message: Um, so I added up all the deaths from the subarticles(52 TX, 13 PA, 8 NJ, 2 NY, 2 NE), which adds up to 77. But the total death count is 76, and I can assume there were impacts outside of these areas(Bahamas, Maryland.) Can this be fixed please? --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 20:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: . ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 02:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something is weird