Talk:New Orleans Hurricane of 1915

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[edit] Name

I feel "Great Hurricane of 1915" is an unacceptable name, with great room for confusion with the 1915 Galveston hurricane that was far more destructive. I moved it to "Louisiana Hurricane of 1915". However the old {{most intense US hurricanes}} template listed it as "New Orleans", not "Louisiana". This storm followed approximately exactly the same landfalling path as Betsy, Camille, and Katrina...so I'm not sure which name is more appropriate. Jdorje 17:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

This title is appropriate. Maybe New Orleans Hurricane of 1915, but this is better than "Great Storm". Good call. Hurricanehink 17:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 is what it's most often referred to as. NOAA calls it that: [1]. -- Hurricane Eric - my dropsonde - archive 07:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Max winds

Cross-posted from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tropical_cyclones#Storm_track_request_list:

I'm confused about the max winds of the Louisiana Hurricane of 1915, and I'm afraid it may be because of a bug in my track generator program. However the error shows up in the UNISYS tracks as well. The problem is the max winds for the hurricane are given in the best-track as 115 knots. This is 132.25 mph which rounds off to 130 mph which is Category 3. however 132.25 is really into the Category 4 range. I thought I had accounted for rounding properly, but it seems my track and the unisys one do show this hurricane as reaching Category 4 status. Anyone reading the article will therefore be greatly confused since the article lists it as a Category 3 hurricane. Jdorje 17:20, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I'd mark it down as 135 mph then, which a 115 knot storm would normally be classified as by the NHC. They very seldom record a storm at 130 mph (113 knots) unless there is land data to confirm that measurement. CrazyC83 06:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

This is why exact figures are important, but many of you insist on estimates. I've brought this up before but was repeatedly rebuked by several people. Grrr. -- Hurricane Eric - my dropsonde - archive 07:49, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Todo

Just needs a little more info. Jdorje 07:22, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

For a storm of that period, there is a lot of info here. -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 00:51, 6 February 2006 (UTC)