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Hurricanes

I have a couple of questions about your forecast; when will the "press release" on the Unnamed hurricane come out? And also, you said you would have the report on Hurricane Helene out on March 18. Where is it? Also, wouldn't it be awesome if there were two unnamed storms in one season. One could've been in Kirk's wake and that's why the NHC missed it. Icelandic Hurricane #12 02:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Picture of the Day

Can you please help me with my Menu and my picture of the Day? I want them to have the same bacground colors as the Wikiproject Tropical Cyclones page, but I don't know how to get it exactly right. Icelandic Hurricane #12 17:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for your support vote on my RFA. The final result was a successful request based on 111 support and 1 oppose. --CBDunkerson 20:49, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Hello Weatherman90: Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 77/3/0. I hope I can perform at the standards expected for administrators. If I make any mistakes, or you need anything, please let me know. Prodego talk 01:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

My Rfa

Hi Weatherman90. Just a quick note to thank you for voting on my RfA, which recently passed 62/13/6. I want to let you know that I will do my best to address all concerns that were raised during the RfA. I will also do my very best live up to this new responsibility and to serve the community, but please let me know if I make any mistakes or if you have any feedback at all on my actions. Finally, if there is anything that I can assist you with - please don't hesitate to ask. Cheers TigerShark 04:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Deathpool

I noticed that someone else other than WSDA had 6 unique picks. How come only one got it, and why WSDA? P.S. Are there going to be any other awards, not necessarily font colors? Icelandic Hurricane #12 21:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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thanks for the support

Hi Matt- thanks a lot for your support on my recent, (barely) successful rfa. Please feel free to leave me any comments or criticisms on my talk page! --He:ah? 22:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA

Hello, Weatherman90! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Re:Helene

Yes, I do feel that NSLE is paying extra attention to me. It's quite annoying. Why do you ask? Icelandic Hurricane #12 21:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it's unfair, too. Icelandic Hurricane #12 21:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

RfA

I was thinking, I noticed you said that you were hoping that someone would be nice enough to nominated you for adminship. Well, I'm nice enough! On one condition; you must nominate me, too. It's ok if people oppose me and I end up not becoming an admin. I won't be suprised if I don't become an admin. But, plz respond soon! Icelandic Hurricane #12 22:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you! Hello Weatherman90/archive3. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- Fang Aili 說嗎?

My RfA

Many thanks for your support on my recent RfA. It was successful. Thanks again, Mark83 10:53, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

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My userboxes

Could you please help me again with my userpage? On the page User:Icelandic Hurricane/Userboxes, I can't get the green area in the background to cover the userboxes. In addition to that, is there a way I can get my writing on my userpage next to my userboxes instead of under? Thanx again. Icelandic Hurricane #12 21:00, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Concerning 2006 Hurricanes

I love that project, man. Thats really ceative! I do that too in my spare time and I just started a season (2007) on my user page. But, uh... whats gonna happen when Alberto really forms? You gonna keep your original cat 4 in May Alberto? And wheres Alpha - Epsilon on your hurricane page? Cyclone1 01:05, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

It says that Sandy's report will be out April 17. Where is it? Also, when 2006 is over, are you just gonna delete the 2006 prediction and do one for 2007, or will just make a new page. Icelandic Hurricane #12 01:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

LOL, yea. Well a cat four in may is doubtful. I was wondering about sandy as well, but no biggie. Thanx for actually replying. Thats a rare event for me. LOL. Cyclone1 01:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx. Wiat'll you see tracks for Ingrid, Karen, Tanya, and Van. Those are my favorite tracks yet to come. I love the way you used the 1993 Storm of the century as Debby. That rocks! Cyclone1 19:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

False Advertising

5,000 edits? According to the Interiot tool, you are 602 edits short of that (and the replication lag is just 2 seconds now, so don't even try it ;). Kate's tool says the same thing. Busted! :D -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 23:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Flashing text? I don't see any flashing text here. If you could give me a link to a Wikipedia site that does have such a flashing link, and link me to a place that supports you claim of 5100 edits, then I will believe you. Also, I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just think that you're misleading people, either intentionally or unintentionally (and I firmly believe the latter to be the case). -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 00:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Wait, wait, wait. I see the thing you're talking about. It's not flashing, but it's there. Now this brings the question "What the hell?" to mind. Perhaps you're not the one to ask, so I'll just wonder out loud: "Why in the world would you exclude the most commonly used version from the Edit count tool?" That is just beyond ridiculous to me. Then again, I've found no shortage of ridiculous things on Wikipedia. -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 00:16, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I hope so too. Experiance is a good thing to sport and it's hard to sport it when you don't know exactly how much of it you have. However, beware of editcountitis my friend. Also, without the counter, how do you know you've had more than 5000? And 602 edits sounds high for just one week.

Whoa, how'd you make your contributions page do that! (added)

Needless to say, without the counters, big errors are almost assured. However, I will avoid any further cynicism and give you the benefit of the doubt. Cheers! -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 00:27, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:IFD

That's some strange stuff that you have found hanging around on our servers. Thanks for going to the effort of finding it and bringing it to WP:IFD. Jkelly 17:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

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Dean Koontz Novels

I'd like to suggest to you that the Dean Koontz Novels article be split into individual articles, one per novel - as is the norm, more or less. This shouldn't be too difficult, since the big article is quite complete now (and quite good also). Note that some DK's novels already have a WP entry, so in these cases some kind of merge would be in order... GregorB 17:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Just so you know, if you are planning on splitting this AFTER you collect the information, it would be much more appropriate to either a) do this in your sandbox or b)assemble the information outside of wikipedia and add it all later- as you know every edit takes up memory, and this strategy of yours seems rather ridiculous. -- Gizzakk 02:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, the novel descriptions you have at the moment appear to be jacket blurbs, in which case they are copyrighted. And just so you know, I'm not knocking what you are doing, i just think it would be better if you went through and edited each book's page separately. --- Gizzakk 02:52, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Deleting Dean Koontz Novels

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Reports again

Do you have Tony and 20's reports ready? Icelandic Hurricane #12 16:04, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree... I mean i cant say any thing , cuz i havnt even started Felix yet. Ill do that today or tommorow. Are you, Ice and i the only people who look at this? LOL. →Cyclone1→ 20:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Who knows? Icelandic Hurricane #12 21:04, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Aww, crap! You should have made Oscar devastaing. Then we could hold hurricane awards for the Tony's and the Oscar's. All we need is an Emmy and a Grammy and were set!! LOL. →Cyclone1→ 21:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

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Article formatting

Dear Tropical cyclone editor,

As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.

1. Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
2. Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
3. Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
4. Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
5. Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
6. Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
7. Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
8. Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.

Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.

Hurricanehink (talk) 19:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)