Talk:1991 Bangladesh cyclone

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Date
Although the date I've seen has always been April 29, the cyclone is listed under April 30. With timezone changes and the continuous nature of cyclones it is likely that either date is correct. Most sources just say "April". Jdorje


 * The cyclone started crossing the Chittagong coastline at around 10 pm or so on 29 April, 1991. It continued through the whole night. As someone staying up all night holding our doors and windows while battling the wind and looking into whole houses blown away, the whole incident was a memorable one for me. The date is, correctly, both 29 april and 30 april. --Ragib 04:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Strength/pressure
The article says it had a pressure of 898 mbar at landfall. This came from a UK technical memorandum on the 1999 Orissa cyclone (listed in the external links), but it is mentioned there only in passing and is almost too low to be believed (I'm fairly positive this would qualify as the most intense recorded landfall anywhere). Jdorje 19:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)


 * 898mbar pressure comes from Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimate. See Annual Tropical Cyclone Report 1991. However, in my opinion it is questionable whether Western Pacific scale can be used to estimate minimal central pressure of Indian Ocean cyclone (by comparison, WPac and Atlantic scales are totally different). Labor Day Hurricane made landfall at 892mb, and Gafilo made landfall at ~900mbar too. --Mikoyan21 13:09, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Hmm, I knew about the Labor Day Hurricane of course. I guess I meant strongest mainland landfall. Jdorje 16:10, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Picture
Here is a pic of the storm. Not sure how to get it out of the PDF file...
 * https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1991atcr/pdf/nio/02b.pdf

Todo
General copyedit, more on the aftermath/recovery, inline sources. Jdorje 05:55, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It will be really cool if someone can get the photo of "Shaktiman", the huge crane that smashed into the Karnaphuli Bridge and broke it into two halves. --Ragib 07:12, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Operation Sea Angel
Operation Sea Angel should be expanded or merged... — jdorje (talk) 03:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Naming
Why does this call this "Cyclone Marian"? And where does the "Cyclone Gorky" name come from, can the background on that be added to the article? — jdorje (talk) 03:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No idea about the name Marian, but the "Gorky" name has been used by BBC, and others. --Ragib (talk) 04:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I was looking up stuff about another unrelated catastrophe (Malpasset Dam Break), and the page that had info on it (meaning the dam; it was a French site) charted the deadliest incidents worldwide (Malpasset was in the lower rungs), but higher than it was "Cyclone Tropical Gorky" for this year. So overall, I'd safely say this cyclone's most used name is "Gorky". Jake52 My island 05:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Dead link
During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!


 * http://swissre.com/resources/dd6346004d4e9669ac76eecedd316cf3-sigma2_2009_e.pdf
 * In 1976 Tangshan earthquake on 2011-05-25 04:43:01, 404 Not Found
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-05-25 05:54:44, 404 Not Found
 * In 1976 Tangshan earthquake on 2011-06-06 21:38:38, 404 Not Found
 * In 1985–1989 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons on 2011-06-07 11:58:55, 404 Not Found
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-06-08 00:21:46, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 2
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 * http://nirapad.org/care_nirapad/Home/Magazine/chronology/currentissue/html/news8.html
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-05-25 05:54:42, 404 Not Found
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-06-08 00:21:58, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 3
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 * http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletins/05b.html
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-05-25 05:54:42, 400 Bad Request
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-06-08 00:22:08, 400 Bad Request

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 4
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 * http://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1991atcr/pdf/nio/02b.pdf
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-05-25 05:54:42, Socket Error: 'getaddrinfo failed'
 * In 1991 Bangladesh cyclone on 2011-06-08 00:22:19, Socket Error: 'getaddrinfo failed'

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Seddon's source gathering

 * http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1991atcr.pdf
 * http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADG744.pdf
 * http://gurumia.com/2011/05/21/government-of-bangladesh-us-commemorate-operation/
 * http://web.archive.org/web/19980223104822/http://www.cdsar.af.mil/bookrev/smith1.html
 * http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FD2KzBG1ejwC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=Cyclone+Marian+bangladesh&source=bl&ots=kT5n-5kjMe&sig=yW549FCCqTEFHsmpmX7EGKjHK4c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LJmfUfvoBK6p0AGe-oG4Cg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Cyclone%20Marian%20bangladesh&f=false
 * http://web.archive.org/web/20020828161244/http://nirapad.org/care_nirapad/Home/Magazine/chronology/currentissue/html/news8.html

Meteorological history/aftermath sections
Added citation to meteorological history because I didn't see one for the last two paragraphs. Also added information I thought was relevant to the aftermath section. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:1991_Bangladesh_cyclone&action=edit# — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkearn7 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 16 September 2016 (UTC)