Talk:Hurricane Ivan

"Who came up with the name "kph"? ;-)"

Well I'm not too familiar with the metric system, but KPH is an appropriate way to say "kilometers per hour" much like MPH is an appropriate way to say "miles per hour".

Maybe in USA. In Europe nobody uses "KPH". Since the common way is "mph" in countries that use miles and "km/h" in countries that use kilometers I believe it would be best to say "135mph (215km/h)".

Guess its all a matter of perspective. :) Tom 07:51, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)

The tradition, at least on the hurricane pages, has been to use "mi/h" and "km/h". But yeah, I'm a fan of kph too. :) --Golbez 20:57, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)

"/h" is more "professional". I don't know what that means, I just read it somewhere. -- Cyrius|✎ 21:37, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

"professional" it what sense? I was taught in my first physics class to never use the "/"! ;-) It should be $kms^{-1}$. The "right way" is always different than you think, right? So, I "vote" for "non-professional" if it's not a clear physics topic. Awolf002 02:01, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Infobox layout

I think the layout of the Hurricane Frances infobox on the right side of the screen is professional and organized. If no one objects, I'll match this page with that one.

As of right now, Ivan's infobox is kind of unproportional. Besides, shouldn't the track of a current storm go near the top?

I think the one here is better, although I'd rather have no infobox whatsoever. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:16, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I rather enjoy the infobox. It is a good quick reference without having to search through the article. Tom 23:32, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

Grenada picture

Is the Grenada picture a copyvio? It seems to fit into the picture set owned by AP. Anybody know for sure? Awolf002 18:33, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It might fall under fair use; the "LOOTERS WILL BE SHOT" pic in Hurricane Frances is AP too, I think. --Golbez 20:04, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

Ugh. "Fair use" is not a magic phrase that allows for the use of any images you want. I think this and the "Looters" pic should both be deleted. -- Cyrius|✎ 01:04, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

mi/h or mph

Someone has again taken it upon themselves to change mi/h to mph (but I guess km/h is okay?) We need a standard on this, I guess. --Golbez 00:32, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

It's the same person, who seems to consider all changes minor. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:59, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

For what it's worth: I'm using the WeatherBug on my PC and it shows MPH and KPH when looking at wind speeds. So, let's use those as "mph" and "kph", I'd say. Awolf002 01:54, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)