Talk:Typhoon Tip

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Contents 1 Mislinked link? 2 American bias 3 Todo 4 Lowest Pressure 5 Assessment/Importance 6 New pic 7 Most intense

[edit] Mislinked link?

Cyclone Tracy may not point where it's supposed to. Disambiguation may be in order.

No. Jdorje 02:59, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

So the graphic, claiming "Cyclone Tracy" is the smallest cyclone on record, should point to a Category 4 storm? That makes no sense. Sachmet 18:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

It seems absurd that Cyclone Tracy is the smallest tropical cyclone on record, but read the pictures source (in the Tropical Cyclone Size) section. Size does not mean the same thing as intensity.--Nilfanion (talk) 18:17, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand your complaint. Yes, Tracy was a Cat 4. Yes, Tracy was tiny. These two concepts are not incompatible. --Golbez 18:18, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American bias

I think future edits to this article need to help remove some of the American bias. The hurricane affected Japan but American customary units seem to be perferred (Japan is metric) and there is even a graphic of showing the size of the hurricane compared to the U.S. (with Canada and Mexico chopped off).--Clawed 09:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Most people are familiar with the size of the United States, but not everybody knows how big Japan is. Also, metric units are included for all measurements in the article so that doesn't seem to be a problem. syphonbyte 18:55, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Todo

More on impact. Remove american bias (?) (see above). More precision on size (using gale-force winds as the criteria doesn't leave much to compare to). Jdorje 02:59, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lowest Pressure

The box on the right says "870 mbar (Lowest non-tornadic pressure ever recorded on Earth)", but I'm not aware of any pressures actually recorded in tornadoes. They may well be lower in tornadoes than in hurricanes, but no one knows for sure yet. And even so, they haven't been recorded, so I am removing the sentence.

But ... it's true. It's the lowest non-tornadic pressure. And if we don't know what pressures are in tornadoes, that doesn't change that - it's kind of a disclaimer because it might not be the lowest. --Golbez 11:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment/Importance

Why is Tip mid-importance? Despite its lack of impact, it's the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. Surely that's deserving of high-importance? --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 19:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Not only the most intense, but the largest. I agree. This article should be improved drastically; it's a very important topic. -Runningonbrains 21:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Ditto. íslenskur fellibylur #12 _(samtal) 23:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm tempted to reduce it to stub-class simply because of its lack of organization and content. I'm going to leave it as a very, very low start, since it at least has all the sections. --Coredesat talk. o_O 19:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New pic

I hope you like it. The NHC had 2 versions-this one was better. The old one was hideous. Feel free to revert the change.HurricaneCraze32 aka Mitchazenia 16:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Most intense

[1] It says Yuri (Nov, 1991), Gay (Nov, 1992) and Angela (Nov, 1995) may have been more intense than Tip. I'm sure its still the largest. That one picture over the United States is amazing. Good kitty 03:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)