h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Hurricanes - A982398
Author: Researcher 220687 - U220687

A982398 - 'Hurricanes'

Hi and welcome to Peer Review, this is an interesting topic, but I can't help feeling that, though it starts off well it just turns into a list, some narrative would make it more interesting to read.

Do keep at it though...

I agree with Z. It's a good start, but it does turn into a list. Having said that, there isn't yet an entry on hurricanes in the edited guide, so there's certainly a vacancy.

There are a lot of spelling errors in this piece, so I'd suggest having a long careful read. In several places you use American English rather than British English (Center vs Centre) which is the standard for this site (this being the BBC and all), but a good sub-editor can change that.

I do think that this piece is too US-based. Hurricanes do exist outside the US, and (I suspect) cause more damage and claim more lives in poorer countries, so more of an international perspective would add a lot to the entry.

Do you know how and why hurricanes are given names? Who decides to call a hurricane Colin or whatever? I think this information would make the entry a lot more interesting to read.

Best wishes

Otto

The USA Today website is an excellent source for information on weather basics, and they have a section all about hurricanes here:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm

You'll find plenty of material there with which to flesh out your entry

Do hurricanes happen worldwide?

Good point - might be worth mentioning in the entry that they're called typhoons in the Pacific. And do southern hemisphere hurricanes rotate in the opposite direction?

Really?
I thought a typhoon had a different weather pattern or something. . .

Propose a move back to article. Author is quite AWOL. . .

Okay, seconded etc.

They are just called "Lows" in the north Atlantic. When they reach areas so far south on the Greenwhich Meridian that they affect people who work for the BB, they are then called hurricanes.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkfaxbraar.htm

This site is one of the best for viewing information from the British Met Orifice. (A rather good if iconic data supplier that charges us for material we have already paid for. A typical British triumph of political interference over ideology getting the better of academia.)

Interestingly the ones that are bound to the 60th parallel move east and the ones bound to the 30 degree parallel move west. Despite that little incongruity ALL meteorologists insist on the existance of the phenomenon variously known as the Coriolis Force or the Coriolis Effect.

I have just noticed that this is in the fled market. Anyone object to my taking it on?

1: I just went to researcher 220687's page and could not see where to write to him or her about the subject as per guideline.

2: I then went to http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Test220687, then tried: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/220687 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Hurricanes220687 in order to get the code to continue this subject.

The first link got me a message that the topic was deleted. The others got me to his or her page and to a file not found type message.

Hi Researcher 219823,

You can't write to 220687's page because sie hasn't created one yet. This problem's one of those things that might get changed in the longterm, apparently, but for now one has to put up with it.

To find the source code for this article, visit <./>Test982398</.>

You might want to read the <./>GuideML-Clinic</.> if you haven't already, because this entry'll need to be converted into GuideML some time. The Sub-eds could do it, but... well, it's good practice

Finally, go to <./>UserDetails</.> and change your username to something more personal...

Robert

What on earth is wrong with 219823? There is nothing on Scrog wrong with it. (Nor I believe on Carull, mind you anything goes there, so I've heard.)

Long numbers confuse people, and it's difficult to remember them. Your choice, though, so feel free to keep it.

If you should change your mind, I'll take it on!

You might want to mention that hurricanes die out over land because they need the warm seas to provide their energy. Also, they do cause a lot more damage in LEDC's (Less Economically Developed Countries - a geography term I'm afraid)because the buildings are built to a lower standard etc.

You can have it if you want it. I've started a bit of an encyclopoedia on the whole system of vortices at: Entry ID: A1050878.

It's a little off the wall but you are more than welcome to put in your two happorth if you want to work with me.

Good luck whatever.

Are you sure? I'd like to take it if that's OK. I made a comment on your otehr entry, it looks good. A bit complicated perhaps, but good.

Are you sure? I'd like to take it if that's OK. I made a comment on your other entry, it looks good. A bit complicated perhaps, but good.

How do you manage to get the spelling mistake to change when the server is acting up?

(AGAIN! I may add. (TWIMC.))