Talk:2005 Atlantic hurricane season/Archive 9

message: I think that there should only be images for storms if they become a hurricane.  Therefore, I think that we should take out the images for Tropical Storm Arlene and Tropical Storm Cindy.  Any ideas? -Tcwd (talk) 16:45, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the images are fine the way they are.  Removing any more makes the article unbalanced vertically, and adding images for Philippe and Nate makes it much too crowded below.  Leave it alone, IMO.  --tomf688{talk} 16:58, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Storm Images 

message: Shouldn't all instances of "category" be capitalized if it's used in the context of "So and so storm hit this place as a Category 4 system"? Mike H (Talking is hot) 07:01, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. joturner 12:44, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Thank you Ajm81 for capitalizing "Category" throughout the article. :) Mike H (Talking is hot) 21:31, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: While I don't personally care, since Category N is not a proper noun it is not supposed to be capitalized. Jdorje 21:36, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with Jdorje; category used in that context is not a proper noun. bob rulz 02:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: IMO "Category 5" is a proper noun. It is the name of a specific meteorological category for hurricane intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, just like Monday is a proper noun for a specific day of the week in a certain calendar system, and F5 is a specific proper noun for a tornado intensity scale ranking (not just because it's based on a person's name).  DavidH 23:14, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Category vs. category

message: I know the WMO decided to retire names by request but those the NHC has any input on what names will replace those retiring? Those the NHC have to directly report to the WMO on everything it does or what's it formal connection to the WMO? User:tdwuhs
:The country most affected by the hurricane can make the call, and they also choose the replacement name. It can be the NHC or the local authorities. CrazyC83 05:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  WMO-NHC connection 

message: I checked out the Rita article and it reports that the Hurricane Hunters found a peak wind gust of
235 mph in the eye of the storm. Wouldn't that displace the highest ever recorded, which was on Mt.
Washington in NH (believe it was 232 mph)? So, is that another record for Rita, or am I just crazy? The great kawa 01:31, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because the record is for surface wind speed.  The Typhoon Paka article claims this typhoon broke that record but the measurement was discarded because the instrument was damanged in the process. Jdorje 01:44, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, in 1999, there was a tornado that had wind speeds of 318 mph i believe. Also the Mt. Washington (if I remember correctly) was 322 mph. Fableheroesguild 01:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Mount Washington still has the highest non-tornadic windspeed. The problem is, windspeeds that high are almost impossible to accurately measure, and it's a lot harder to measure a tornado's windspeed (since there's never an anenometer where you need one), and a lot easier to send a plane into a hurricane or have a wind station permanently set up on Mt. Washington. --Golbez 01:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I just checked and I was about 100 mph off on Mt. Washington. It was 231 mph. Fableheroesguild 01:51, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

text:  I don't want to start an argument over this, but besides "tornadic" winds, isn't this the greatest ever recorded? I don't know how official the statement is, but here it is again right from the Hurricane Rita article (I don't see a source): {Lt. Col. Warren Madden, a Hurricane Hunter and meteorologist for The Weather Channel, recorded a peak wind gust of 235 mph (380 km/h) while in the eye of the storm. "Rita is the strongest storm that I've ever been in," he commented.} Mt. Washington's was 231 mph, and this has no instrument problems recorded unlike Super Typhoon Paka. So why the controversy over it!!! I mean, even though it is basically impossible to find the highest surface wind gust because Hurricane Hunters cannot be in a tropical cyclone 24/7, and of course pre-records for Mt. Washington and hurricanes. The great kawa 04:32, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highest Wind Speed Ever Naturally Recorded!!! 

message: As the table is now, it adds a lot of white space in the middle of the article.  I really like the full table in that link, puts the whole season in tabular format and is easier to get info on all the storms rather than reading through every storm's section. --Holderca1 23:06, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reorganized the table to leave much less white space, but someone better than I at formatting should probably fiddle around with it to make the table less visually crowded. --69.86.16.61 04:14, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I've been doing updates after each advisory today, and the table being sorted the way it is makes it really obnoxious to update, because Wilma keeps moving up the list. Could we (1) make this a simple, HTML ordered list in a div float:right, or (2) sort it ascending chronologically instead of descending ACE value? --Mm35173 15:06, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Thanks. Sorry. I wish they would have numbered that 14A. --Mm35173 15:47, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ACE Table

message: How do you think of the Wilma photo that i taken from a NOAA public domain. How'd you think? If you have a better image, just replace it. :) Irfanfaiz | Message Me - 2.21PM (GMT +8)
:We should wait for Wilma to hit maximum intensity, then use the pic from when it was at its strongest. -- NSLE (Communicate!) <Contribs> 06:37, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Any picture is better than no picture.  Until a better one is taken it should stay. Jdorje 07:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  All right then. -- NSLE (Communicate!) <Contribs> 07:06, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wilma PIC