Talk:Hurricane Guillermo (1997)

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An entry from Hurricane Guillermo (1997) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 10 March 2007.

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All in all, it looks decent at a quick glance. I recommend you add some more lede so there isn't so much white space. There are still some awkward wording issues, namely the first paragraph. Be sure to rewrite it; currently it is a copyvio. The record section needs sourcing to prove it is currently 4th. Also, how do you know the two deaths in Cabo San Lucas were indirect? Hurricanehink (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I solved the impact copy-vios by making a few changes. Probably i can change the deaths to 3 directly. I can get rid of the (now 4th). That's all I could think of for the lede area.Mitchazenia 22:09, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dakar?

I don't know too much about tropical cyclones, but I'm still curious: how could the origins for a Pacific storm form off the coast of Africa? Do such waves go completely across the Americas? Nyttend 19:01, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

The relevant article is at tropical wave. Many waves cross the entire Atlantic and Central America before developing in the Pacific Ocean. For example in 1993 there were a total of 70 tropical waves. Thirteen of the named 15 storms to form in the east Pacific that year originated as waves (this is more than developed into Atlantic storms), all of these originated in Africa. See the figure at the bottom of page 5 of this report.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)