Talk:Tropical cyclones in popular culture

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[edit] Rename

The current name seems POV, move to List of fictional tropical cyclones could be good. - SpLoT _{(*T* C+u+g+v)} 17:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

This should be renamed to tropical cyclones in popular culture or the like. It current name excludes real ones in popular culture. For example, Paul Quarrington's novel Galveston is an historical novel revolving (very) loosely around the events and aftermath of the Galveston hurricane of 1900. Cyclone Tracy has more examples. Those are both tropical cyclone in popular culture, and yet they would be excluded from here because the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and Cyclone Tracy clearly aren't fictional. Thus, this should be renamed. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, the same was proposed on the talk page for tropical cyclone. Hurricanehink (talk) 02:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Additions

I'm planning to add a few more fictional Tropical cyclones to the list which are not on the original NOAA listing.

I have added the hurricane (Ben) featured in the Sf/Horror novel Ghost Beyond Earth.

I know of one other SF novel that has a hurricane forming part of its plot. It was by Keith Laumer, The title was The Long Twilight. It has two humanoid aliens fighting over whether or not to activate a device that will turn the Earth into a navigation beacon. The device finally comes on when it taps into an experimental broadcast power system. One of the side effects is a stationary 'hurricane-like' storm that ravages the US East Coast until the device is shut down. I think it receives a hurricane name in the story but I'll need to track down a copy to confirm.

I've located the third and final storm I plan to add. This is Cyclone Alpha which appears Anthony Trew's novel The Moonraker Mutiny.

Graham1973 (talk) 16:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)