User talk:Ferdblivid

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Please do not add unsourced, and potentially false information onto Wikipedia, as you did on Hurricane Dean (2007); if you wish to add the information, please add a reliable source to it. Thanks. Hurricanehink (talk) 15:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The information is correct. Some references have been added. For what it's worth, I'm a professional meteorologist (teach it at university up to Ph.D. level), and followed the storm closely. The progress of the remnant circulation of Dean (which maintained an intact vorticity maximum until at least 27 August) was noted on a number of media sources and National Weather Service Area Forecast Discussions from the San Diego, Oxnard, and Las Vegas Weather Forecast Offices in the time frame of 24- 27 August, as well as Weather Channel broadcasts. But frankly, I don't easily know where to dig them up or cite that info now that it's several weeks later, and I'm a busy person.Ferd Blivid 02:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; it just seemed unlikely that Dean survived that long, and given you provided no sources I could well have been the addition of a vandal. Granted, one should not cite blogs, and that newspaper source isn't exactly reliable, but if the NWS offices confirm Felix did affect the area, then it's fine to keep it. Hurricanehink (talk) 04:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

That's exactly why I was surprised it was not yet mentioned- it was so notable and widely noted in some met circles that the circulation (not really Dean any more) survived that long and that far, I think it's highly notable for that article. It's just hard to find non-ephemeral sources on it. Ferd Blivid 04:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)