Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather/Non-tropical storms task force/Newsletter/Archive 1

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Welcome!
Hi. Welcome to the first issue of the WikiProject Non-tropical storms newsletter. We know that because this is the first issue of the newsletter, that it is not complete, and coming issues will improve in organization and information. Please bear with us while we continue to improve the still-developing wikiproject and the newsletter.

What's new?
In this issue's edition of What's new?, we would like to welcome you to the new WikiProject. After seeing the other meteorological projects, we decided "Non-tropical storms need a project, too". So I went ahead, and created one. So far, we have several members, and more to come.

The main goal of the project is to organize all articles related to Non-tropical storms. We have several hundred articles within the scope, but only a few of those are Good articles, and fewer are Featured. We aim to change that. We also plan to start a meteorological collaboration, to aid in the improvement.

So, once again, welcome to the WikiProject Non-tropical storms, from all of the editors here!

Project news
New categories, new templates and more. We have created a series of non-tropical storm articles by class and by importance. In addition, we have new templates and a few new articles. So, for now there isn't much news to speak of as the project is still new.

Coming and going
Since we started the project about a month ago, the following members have joined: No members have left since the project was started.
 * Juliancolton (talk) 02:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ~ A H  1 (TCU)
 * JForget
 * Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
 * WxHalo
 * Hello32020 (talk)
 * Gopher backer (talk)
 * Abog (talk)
 * Seddon69 (talk)
 * bob rulz (talk)
 * Thegreatdr (talk)
 * WindRunner (talk)
 * Theonlysilentbob (talk)

Featured member
This issue, we have two featured members:

Creator of the project User:Juliancolton, after seeing the need for organization of non-tropical storm articles, created the project, and is currently active in improving articles within the scope of the project.

Featured member User:JForget, an editor and administrator for Wikipedia, and of course a member of the Non-tropical storms WikiProject, has contributed excellently to the project. He has created dozens of winter storm articles and is actively maintaining Winter storms of 2007-08. The WikiProject Non-tropical storms thanks JForget for his excellent contributions.

New articles

 * January 2008 Chinese winter storms - See section below
 * January 2008 Western North American super storm

Significant storms
First off, thank you for supporting this young project and reading this newsletter.

Anyway, as my section is called significant storms I should detail these. The "January 2008 Western North American super storm" contained a very low pressure on record at 28.3 inches, 956 milibars, the equivilant of a category 3 hurricane. The storm produced 132 inches of snow at Kirkwood Ski Resort, CA (maximum amount) and 10 inches of rain in Loma Prieta, CA. The storm killed 12 people due to traffic accidents, falling branches, and flooding. 1.5 million people were left without power at the height of the storm.

A series of significant winter weather events including snow and ice as well as cold paralyzed large portions of central and southern China for over two weeks on the eve of the country's Lunar New Year holiday. Ground and air transportation was largely disrupted stranding tens of thousands of travelers particularly in Guangzhou where at times over 500,000 of them waited at the area's main train station. In addition, water and power supplies was disrupted in some areas with fears of food shortage. The event killed at least between 54 and 63 people including 36 in two separate bus crashes.

Less significant storms

 * A Nor'easter developed on January 13, causing minor impacts in the U.S., but dropping over 1 foot of snow in the Graspe region of Canada.
 * Another strong storm rocked California later on in the month, causing flash flooding and mudslides, especially in burn areas. One tornado was reported in Southern California ripping off the roof of a naval base . 5 miles of Interstate 5 were closed for a time.

User: Southern Illinois SKYWARN contributed to this section

What you can do
As the project progresses, we will create a formal todo list. Untill then, we need your help! To get an idea of what we need to do with the project, every winter storm article needs the project tag on the talk page of the articles. Just place with the class and importance to all winter storm, non-tropical storm and any other articles that fall within the scope. Thanks.