Talk:1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane/Log
The following is an IRC log of the discussion on the naming of the article. All of the participants agreed to having their names here. There was a unilinky bot, which automatically linked everything in wiki-links; I removed them. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:14, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
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[edit]<Hurricanehink> Oh, quick little thing. 1975 Transcolorado hurricane - I know the title is weird, but Jdorje nor I could think of a better one. Any comments on that? <dorje> sif <Hurricanehink> Secret internet family? <Roadgeek_Adam> 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane? <dorje> northeast? <Plasticup> Open-ocean-fish-storm #2543 <Hurricanehink> No, I see what Mitch is saying <dorje> oh "Pacific northwest" <Hurricanehink> It affected the Pacific Northwest <dorje> well I suggested British colombia hurricane <Hurricanehink> I sort of like that, actually <dorje> did it? <Plasticup> Transcolorado sounds cooler <dorje> yeah cuz not very often do hurricanes cross colorado <Hurricanehink> Well, close enough. Transcolorado is a very weird name <Roadgeek_Adam> Transcolorado makes no sense <Plasticup> better than 1975 Trans-colorado hurricane! <dorje> lol <dorje> redirect! <Hurricanehink> 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane..... I like it because it isn't as specific as British Colombia hurricane (as it didn't affect BC much) <dorje> ok <Roadgeek_Adam> that or 1975 Rocky Mountain hurricane <Plasticup> Pacific Northwest is a US-centric term <Plasticup> US/Canada-centric <dorje> if there's a land mass we can possibly link it to, that'd be best <Plasticup> but it never actually reached to coast <Hurricanehink> The name should be US/Canada-centric, since that's where it affected <Roadgeek_Adam> Why not Rocky Mountain - I thought they went into Canada <dorje> that would be even more confusing than transcolorado <Hurricanehink> http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1975/12/track.gif - it dissipated just offshore, albeit much closer to Alaska and Yukon <Hurricanehink> (most people think SW British Colombia when you say just British Colombia) <Plasticup> Vancouver <dorje> 1975 Yukon Territory storm? <Hurricanehink> I don't want to call it 1975 Alaska hurricane, since it didn't move ashore <Hurricanehink> And it didn't make it to Yukon territory <dorje> "the remnants quickly reached the coast of British Columbia" <dorje> that's where I got my name from :p <Plasticup> not a lot of landmarks in the open ocean <Hurricanehink> Pacific Northwest - this looks right <dorje> though the remnants of storms hit lots of places, including iceland and great britain; that's not a very good criteria for naming <dorje> but then, the ship precedent ain't so great either <Hurricanehink> Pacific Northwest refers to the overall region, and the storm was in the vicinity of the overall region <Plasticup> did it reach the Gulf of Alaska? <Hurricanehink> I was just looking at that, and it didn't quite make it there <Plasticup> shucks <dorje> i thought pacific northwest was a US-centric term <Plasticup> it reached about 54 degrees north? <dorje> i.e. the northwest of the US <Plasticup> this shows the Gulf of Alaska around 54 degrees north: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/np/images/maps/GulfOfAlaska.jpg <Plasticup> to 1975 Gulf of Alaska hurricane might be accurate <Hurricanehink> It dissipated at 54 degrees north <dorje> sketchy <Hurricanehink> And hardly spent any time in the body of water <dorje> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1975_Pacific_hurricane_12_track.png <Hurricanehink> Whereas, Pacific Northwest is a much broader area, and I feel closer to where the storm was <dorje> yeah, it was at hurricane strength well south of there |<-- jdorje has left irc.freenode.net (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) <Plasticup> it never reached the pacific northwest though <dorje> okay no objection to the pacific northwest <Hurricanehink> But that's the broad, general region which it was near <dorje> more general than british columbia and it was offshort from there <dorje> much like the 2006 Nova Scotia tropical storm or whatever it was <Plasticup> well okay <Plasticup> you should post this log so there is a record of the discussion <Hurricanehink> Alright <Hurricanehink> All opposed to 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane? <dorje> opposed? <Plasticup> It's not my favorite, but I am at peace with it <Hurricanehink> Can we agree it's better than Transcolorado? <dorje> yes <Plasticup> less cool, more accurate <Roadgeek_Adam> My idea, so I support <Roadgeek_Adam> I'll move it if you'd like
