User talk:Michael Laca

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Welcome, and a request

Welcome to Wikipedia! Let me just start by saying that your website is awesome. In case you didn't know, a group of editors created a Wikiproject on tropical cyclones that covers all hurricane-related articles worldwide. The project is gradually becoming one of the leading sources of tropical cyclone information online, having produced many featured or good articles. One of the members of the project is a meteorologist at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, BTW. You would be an extremely valuable member based on your experience and your website (I love your images, by the way; the series of images on the eye of Hurricane Elena was amazing). Would you consider joining? I also have a keen interest in hurricanes. I'm from up in New Jersey, and every year since 1995 I've tracked every single storm. I've never chased one, but I love the adrenaline whenever one comes up my way. Just over two months left until it starts all over again. Well, I look forward to potentially seeing you around. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Heh. First, all you have to do sign up here. I really think the project could benefit with your enthusiasm. There is one caveat; all added information has to be sourced, and it should be the most accurate and, whenever possible, most up to date source. No original information can be used, sorry, just Wikipolicy (I just have to mention it). Take your time experimenting. A lot of articles are up for grabs.

Looking at them again, Elena was certainly amazing, which I find surprising. It was on a steady weakening trend upon making landfall, after all. Hah! Yep, definitely a low-level recon flight. I would love to go through the eye of a hurricane, and a nice new digital camera couldn't hurt :) Aww, I really hope you're wrong about the Donna image. It does look similar, however. You should post that on the Hurricane Donna talk page.

I got some rainfall, waves, beach erosion, and some winds from Isabel, as well as a day off of school, but very little. However, it was enough to get me hooked on the storm for a while. I suppose I never really introduced myself. I'm one of the more active members in the project. I've written or significantly contributed to 31 featured articles/lists and at least 48 good articles, and I'm currently completing a series of articles on Hurricane Isabel, all of which are featured or listed as good. If you need help writing/developing an article, feel free to ask me. Have fun, and see you later. Hurricanehink (talk) 05:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Glad you signed up :) I'm especially surprised about Elena given its location. If I recall correctly, Ivan lost the southern portion of its eyewall structure, Lili's completely fell apart, Katrina's became very weakened (per this loop), and I would guess Opal's did as well. Major hurricanes do seem to get trouble upon making landfall on the north Gulf Coast, but it's just crazy, despite its weakening, that the eye of Elena still remained so clear for a north Gulf Coast landfall. Yea, yea, it looks like you're right about Donna. I was just in denial, because I liked that image so much, but easy come, easy go. Hehe, thanks, I'm honored to be one of your favorite Wikipedians :) I really don't know how I find the time, given that I'm a full-time college student as well, but I do spend most of my online time editing/creating. Well, awesome, I look forward to having you around. Take it easy, man. Hurricanehink (talk) 15:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, that loop really says it well; the convection to the south of the eyewall is still very strong up until landfall. I love that NASA image, as well, but I didn't know that was taken while it was so close to landfall. Yea, it does suck about Donna, but it was 1960, after all. Excellent loop, by the way. I didn't realize how well-organized the eye was at its landfall near Fort Myers. Heh, can you imagine if we had good satellites back to the turn of the century? Imagine great images of the Galveston cane, the Labor Day cane, the Long Island Express, Dog in 1950 (supposedly one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record), Hazel, Donna, and Camille? I would love that :) As for older images, the oldest image I know of for an Atlantic hurricane is this one, though the page says there were two older ones. Of course, this image is, I believe, the oldest "satellite" image of a tropical cyclone (though it was a rocket, not a satellite, that took the image of the tropical depression). Wikipedia has a decent collection of the older images, though it could be better. Hurricanehink (talk) 19:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Images

Firstly, welcome to the tropical cyclone project.

I noticed you uploaded a couple of photos, taken by yourself, with a Creative Commons Sharealike licensing tag. However, your images have a copyright watermark. It can't be one or the other since we don't accept copyrighted work (unless it is under fair-use or all rights have been released irrevocably). Your licensing tag and image watermarks therefore contradict one another. If you do intend to hold onto copyright, then we can't accept the images (except, as specified, under fair-use, but then they would only be allowed in articles).

The images in question:

Image:Kate 000.jpg, Image:Wilma 006.jpg, Image:Wilma 008.jpg and Image:Keywest waterspout.jpg. Could you please either remove the copyright tag, tag them for deletion, or tag them fair-use? Thanks. – Chacor 07:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Clarification: So, therefore, could you clarify if you wish to retain copyright, or indeed release the images? If you agree to release the images, could you please remove references to copyright? Otherwise, you may wish to consider fair-use (probably won't work with the two Wilma images, because fair-use images cannot be orphaned, and we have enough images in Wilma's article as is already), or consider tagging them for deletion (you can use {{db-author}}). – Chacor 08:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Good to have you on board, by the way, we need more people with good knowledge. – Chacor 08:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey Mike

I believe we know each other. Did you used to chase with Jim Leonard? If so, I think we met though Todd in the early 1990's while I was going to FSU. Thegreatdr 19:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The e-mail is sent. =) Let me know if you need any help with wikipedia...been contributing the last year and a third. I'm using it as outreach for the TC rainfall project and HPC. There are many nuances I'm still trying to master myself. As long as you're civil to people in the pages, and cite all your sources, they'll welcome you in the TC and met groups. Thegreatdr 19:39, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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