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Contents 1 older entries 2 NWS reports 3 Speedy deletion of an Allison image? 4 Statistics Check? 5 Block

[edit] older entries

It looks like she struck NORTHEAST Texas initially, not SOUTHEAST. Someone may want to verify.

[edit] NWS reports

• Houston, TX report
• Mobile/Pensacola report
• Raleigh, NC report
• Mount Holly, NJ report

If they are not already, these should be included in the article. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of an Allison image?

How/when did this happen? And why? I thought we were quite careful considering the source of images of tropical cyclones. Almost all within the project are from the U. S. government, and free to use. Thegreatdr 20:18, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

The image, I believe, was a fair use image from a Dallas office, or something; it had been there since early in the article's history, before we became really careful with images. Hurricanehink (talk) 21:17, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Statistics Check?

Under "Impact-Texas" we have the following (emphasis mine):

Houston experienced torrential rainfall in a short amount of time. 6.3 inches (160 mm) fell in just one hour, while 28.5 inches (724 mm) fell in only 12 hours. The six-day rainfall in Houston amounted to 38.6 inches (980 mm).[14] Two-thirds of the bayous and creeks in Harris County experienced 500-year flood events. Houston, which typically receives 46.07 inches (1170 mm) of rain in a year, experienced 35.7% of its expected total in the first nine days of June.[1]

If the yearly average is 46.07", and the 6 day rainfall is 38.6", shouldn't the % of expected total rainfall received be much higher than 35.7%? But one would need to verify figures against sources and the days included in rainfall totals vs. "first nine days" before editing and don't have time, just noticed seems off.

I finally fixed this problem. The 38.6" was not at IAH (Houston Intercontinental), while the other percentage stat is relevant at IAH. I'm shocked this apparent and obvious-looking error survived FAC. More precision was needed when indicating various rainfall values around Houston, because the two lines indicating data were relevant for two different sites...it was easy to read in that both values were for the same location. Perhaps the whole article should be rechecked if this problem survived. Thegreatdr (talk) 21:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block

I think we should semi-protect this article. in the past couple days,we have seen a lot of vandalism to this page. How do you block? Juliancolton (talk) 18:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Protecting can only be done by an admin. My understanding is that articles featured on the main page are rarely protected. However, the article will only be on the main page for about 5 1/2 more hours. The vandalism should stop after it is de-featured. --Evb-wiki (talk) 18:45, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, it is not supposed to be protected. What would you think of Wikipedia, knowing that one can edit any article, when you can't edit the article on the main page? --Hurricanehink (talk) 20:13, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Wow, I never knew how much a page is vandalized when it gets to the main page. I have reverted at least 3, and there have been at least a dozen more casses. Juliancolton (talk) 21:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)