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More storm history (gasp!) and better intro. Jdorje 21:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Very nice, Jdorje. :) I've always described Floyd to friends as "This is what happens when a hurricane dies - it drops all of its moisture at once." Would you say that's an accurate representation? -- Golbez 21:27, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
The USGS link I added to the external links section has a huge amount of data and pictures. Jdorje 08:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
This article is very good, and I'm upgrading it to A-Class. -- § Hurricane E RIC § Damages archive 23:28, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Maybe, but what more big things can be done? Maybe some pics of the northeast, or other trivia. How much more do we have to do before we can put it up for FAC? Hurricanehink 01:54, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
After the above discussions I put this up for peer review. Follow this link to add the peer review page to your watchlist. (Hink: Creating a PR is really easy, and explained at WP:PR: just add the template to the talk of the talk page, follow the link and edit the page, then add it to the WP:PR page.) — jdorje ( talk) 05:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
There's a whole collection of satellite images here. — jdorje ( talk) 01:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
I was about to ask if it was the NHC or the WMO who retired the name, when I saw HurricaneHink had just noticed the same problem and changed it to WMO. But, for older storms the names came from the NHC only, right? Where is the cutoff? At what point did the WMO take over naming? 1979? — jdorje ( talk) 22:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
According to snopes.com, Hurricane Floyd has contributed to Internet folklore. The satellite image on the right often erroneously circulates through the Internet with a wide variety of descriptions, usually the most recent devastating hurricane. It has at various times been identified as Hurricane Katrina (which was only a tropical storm at that location in the Atlantic), Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Jeanne, and even the tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It is, in fact, Hurricane Floyd in September, 1999. Perhaps the fact that it is such a striking image is the reason it is such a temptation to credit it with being other disasters. [1]
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A few final improvements and we should FAC this article. One problem is lack of sources for a few places - I added {{ fact}} to the article; if anyone knows where that information comes from please add the relevant references. — jdorje ( talk) 07:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Curtosy of the FAC, one user noted there are too many pictures, and I agree. The North Carolina section, in particular, has 1 too many. Each is useful in its own way. The house one is a keeper, IMO, due to the fact it shows Property damage, something not seen elsewhere in the article. The Greenville Tar River one might be able to go, due to the fact that there is a flooding picture in the Virginia section just paragraphs later. The flood progression is another one that might be able to go, due to the fact there is a big picture describing the flood progression and that the animation isn't very clear. The last one, the flooding along the Tar and Neuse Rivers, is very big. It tells a lot, but the size is a big problem. I'm not saying we should get rid of it, but one picture in the section should be removed, IMO. Hurricanehink 22:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Somebody changed the name Floyd in the retirement section into the name Floyd. Previously, some articles used bold in the retirement sections to list storm names, but I have pretty much gotten rid of it (there is no reason for an unrelated name to be bolded). Using italics would be acceptable to me; it's also fine to keep the name without markup or to use "quotes". But we should be consistent throughout all articles. So which should it be? — jdorje ( talk) 03:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
NSLE has reverted my font size change to use small font again. Sorry, but I have reverted to normal font again. I do not buy the space argument here. We have enough space here, this is not a paper encyclopedia. I think the space argument does not merit to harm the visually impaired users by using ugly little fonts. Please remember that this encyclopedia is used by people of all sorts of age. Not every user is in his twenties (as a lot of editors here). Please do the visually impaired users a favor. It helps them and me a lot to better read the references. The space saved by using 85% font is very small to merit such a high barrier for those who have problems reading small fonts. I believe the harm done to those who have perfect sight is minor compared to the harm done to those who have problems reading small fonts. Please don't be arrogant to us. Thank you for your careful consideration. -- Ligulem 09:18, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
First and foremost, my compliments to the authors of this page. I think they did a very good job. One thing I was wondering about, however, regards the information on the total death toll from the storm. The page lists 35 deaths in North Carolina, which is the official NHC count, IIRC. However, in Jay Barnes' North Carolina's Hurricane History (3rd edition, ISBN # 0-8078-4969-3), 52 total NC deaths are attributed to Floyd, several of which occurred in the weeks following the storm as flood evacuations were underway. Perhaps the discrepancy of 20 or so deaths is officially what would be called "indirect", but the above book also lists the cause of death for each victim - and the majority of them are flooding deaths. I always thought that "indirect deaths" were generally such things as heart attacks, mishaps during cleanup (such as electrocution), etc., so it seems to me as if the Barnes total ought to be at least mentioned. Certainly his original source (the NC medical examiner) seems authoritative. CapeFearWX 02:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
This is for reference, and info from there should probably be included in the article. Hurricanehink ( talk) 17:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
The article states that Hurricane Rita triggered the largest evacuation in U.S. history. However, I believe Hurricane Gustav (2008) may have actually caused the largest evacuation. Could some one verify this? ( Hurricaneguy ( talk) 03:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC))
Also can anyone find a source for state-wide school cancellation in Florida? I know Jeb Bush cancelled school for one day (what a glorious day it was) but I can't find it anywhere. Redsxfenway ( talk) 19:16, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
I am originally from the Charleston, South Carolina area. When Hurricane Floyd was mentioned, I thought it was kinda interesting. As it turned out, Floyd came almost exactly 10 years to the very day after the disastrous Hurricane Hugo destroyed large parts of the area. Can this be put into the Hurricane Floyd or 1989 Atlantic hurricane season articles? Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 20:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
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Um, so I added up all the deaths from the subarticles(52 TX, 13 PA, 8 NJ, 2 NY, 2 NE), which adds up to 77. But the total death count is 76, and I can assume there were impacts outside of these areas( Bahamas, Maryland.) Can this be fixed please? -- HurricaneTracker495 ( talk) 20:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)