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Entry: Atlantic Hurricanes - A1168238
Author: 2of3 - U233398

This old thing again! I've read the last few posts from the last time it was in peer review (the last time I worked on it) many moons ago, and I've tried to incorporate the information suggested there.

So now that you've all had a break from this article I'm sure you can come up with some new comments to make.

ta,
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After a very rough scan, I don't have a lot of time at this minute this is looking good I'll have a closer look later..

Looking goooooood.

Lots of good info here - particularly like the list at the end - makes you think a bit.

This is really good but the pedant in me can't resist making these points: you mention that tropical waves form between -5 and 0 degrees in the Atlantic, it's more commonly written as 5 degrees south and also a hurricane cannot form within 5 degrees of the Equator on either side, there isn't enough Coriolis force - you might want to make this clear. Also you've written they tend to form in the southern Atlantic, this should be the Central Atlantic, the southern Atlantic starts at about 40 degrees south and finishes at 60 degrees south.
In a few places you haven't put a space after a punctuation mark and in footnote 8 you have written uiseful
There, the pedant has been exorcised. Great entry

These have all been taken on board. Plus a few other pedantic things that I spotted whilst I was in there.

I think this one is pretty much fixed up and ready for the guide.
I'm sure a few people will disagree and find some faults though . . .

So lets get it done and over with then.

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Now that my Kick 'Em Jenny entry has been picked, I really want to turn attention to this one!

So lets 'peer' at this one so it can join the others in the guide.


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There was something on the news this morning about a hurricane in the south Atlantic, and this being a rather unusual event.

Didn't find anything on the BBC website but I found 3 links which I've added.

I did find something google just now though. I'll look at it. Since its rare I'm not sure if I'll be bothered to fit it into the article though.
Can't possibly cover every eventuality.

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what a weird one!

I've added a paragraph saying that hurricanes don't usually form in the south atlantic and why . . . with a footnote that mentions this current hurricane and it being the first in 40 years and baflling the experts.

I would add a link but could only find newspaper sites that mention it and wasn't sure about the stability of such a link (i.e. the story may be moved). And there was nothing on the National Hurricane Center's website . . .

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oh well . . .

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where's the singing, dancing smiley?

lemme see!

and
and
to everyone!!!

Aha! Congratulations! Doubtless your benefactor will make themselves known soon - Z, was this your pick?

Nice one