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Shouldn't it read "8th Tropical Storm" rather than "8th Tropical Cyclone"? From my understanding, a hurricane is the North American term for a Tropical Cyclone. 207.105.30.44 (talk) 01:08, 3 September 2008 (UTC) Daniel.
- Normally, yes. But a tropical cyclone is the designation for any such cyclone, even of tropical depression strength. Hurricane Angel Saki (talk) 06:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Citations
I checked two citations and neither of them were what they claimed to be. Nor did they back up the facts reported in the article. The Prep and Impact sections need to be thoroughly re-written. Plasticup T/C 15:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
- It is quite noticeable. I don't know whether you've noticed, but in the lead section it says there are 25 dead, but if you add up the numbers in the 'Deaths by Country' table, it comes to 26! Chris1193 (talk) 15:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
article name?
I noticed that the lead says, "Hurricane Hanna is the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season." This would seem to imply that the storm is presently, now a hurricane. Shouldn't it either say "Tropical Storm Hanna is the eighth tropical cyclone and was the fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season," or "Hurricane Hanna was the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season"? Of course, if you change it, then when it becomes a hurricane again, it should be changed back to its present wording. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 10:58, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- If a storm becomes a hurricane, the article name always remains Hurricane name (year) and the lead section always takes such into consideration. CrazyC83 (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
But as I know, there will be a rise of the number of the death,this is horrible. What we can do now is to prey for the bad luck man and women! God bless them! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.17.221.39 (talk) 04:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- Haiti has a poor record in retiring names, so I think the article should remain at Low-importance with no redirecting unless it rises significantly more. CrazyC83 (talk) 15:08, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Heavy copyright volations
The majority of the section on Haiti was a simple copy/paste from the Miami Herald. If someone wants to work in the information from the source that's great, but you have to write it. Plasticup T/C 16:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- I reworded the entry. Brudder Andrusha (talk) 22:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Semi-Protect please
Can we get this page protected? Trying to access it from main page and got "shit hahahah".—Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.252.80.44 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 5 September 2008 Someone tried to vandlise the page. But it appears to have been reversed now.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.194.114 (talk • contribs) 19:19, 5 September 2008
Deaths
I think i heard that someone died in a rip current in the carolinas, but i could be wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.114.164 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 5 September 2008
Evacuations
Some places along the Eastern Seabord were evacuated, including Christopher Newport University. Should this be included anywhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.179.146 (talk) 01:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
The chart on the front article does seem to indicated that the hurricane is heading towards the U.K, presumably riding on the Gulf Stream.
Will there be any assurances that this storm's life won't be extended as it reaches British Shores, taking Global Warming into account?
88.105.109.11 (talk) 09:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
- At the moment, the forecast track shows that the storm will move to the north west of the UK, possibly only affecting the northern half, if it ever affects the UK at all. By which time, it would be extra-tropical, and would have lost a lot of intensity, and probably only remnants would be left. This sort of thing happens every year, because of the lack of warm waters due to the high latitude of the country. And even if Global warming takes effect, we've got a long way off hurricanes themselves ever reaching the UK. Chris1193 (talk) 13:07, 6 September 2008 (UTC)