Talk:Columbus Day storm of 1962

It's a shame on original research...

A friend of mine whose father lived through it said it was reported that a dead calm came over Waldport, which is in turn near Newport, which is shown as having 131 mph or so, for several minutes before resuming, indicating an eyewall of sorts coming ashore. -- Chr.K. 11:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

That sounds like a good story. If the witness could interest a researcher or reporter in the story (perhaps for an anniversary article or some such) and get it published in a reputable source, then perhaps it could be cited as a reference. (A lot of work for a blurb in Wikipedia, but I'd thought I'd throw it out there.) My mom has some great photos of entirely uprooted trees (mature oaks and maples I think, anyway...huge trees) around downtown Eugene. I'm going to see if she will give me permission to add one to the article. The WP:OR guideline doesn't seem to apply to images, luckily. Katr67 20:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC )

Pineapple Express

Have any of the editors here see anything that relates the Columbus Day Storm to the Pineapple Express? My impression is that the CDS is not closely related; if so, that point should probably be made in this article. However, if the CDS is an example of the PE, that should probably be included in both articles. George H. Taylor implies that the CDS did not tap into the PE phenomenon. [1] Walter Siegmund (talk) 12:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

References being added

...along with a storm infobox to have it fit in with other extratropical cyclones which have entered the project as of late. Thegreatdr 23:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Just a thought

I have no idea when Columbus Day is, but know exactly when October 12 is - I think it would help if the date appears earlier in the introduction than it presently does. Jasper33 17:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Freda

Since this storm started as Typhoon Freda, why isn't that included in this article? Shouldn't this article cover the entire life of the storm? 76.66.192.91 (talk) 03:48, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

And check your spelling. Seattle Times et al reported the name of the storm as FRIEDA. Genehisthome (talk) 07:41, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Canada?

I know that this storm also did lots of damage in Canada. Specifically it wiped out large numbers of trees in Vancouver's Stanley Park. It seems that this article should include balanced coverage of the impacts of the storm, if college campuses in Oregon loosing trees is enough of an impact, the impact on Vancouver should also be included. MADaboutforests (talk) 21:51, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Be bold and do it. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:46, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

PDX measurements

I looked for top wind speed reports for PDX, but the best I can find is NOAA's extremes which says December 1995 had the strongest wind at 71 mph. Either the wind moderated substantially between downtown and the airport, or NOAA's record keeping does not go back that far—1980 is mentioned in several other places. The airport article says it opened in 1959, so it should have had operating wind gauges. —EncMstr (talk) 19:02, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Power Outages

It seems that the magnitude of this storm could be represented in the percentage of households and businesses that lost power, the duration of that loss of power, and the number of power crews that had to be assembled from out of area to put it all back together again. From memory it seems it was days. In reality it varied from place to place. We picked up tree branches at recess at my school for weeks. I remember that my dad, who shot the slow motion film of the Beavers-Huskies game in Portland, was horribly annoyed when he got back to Seattle and discovered the footage could not be aired on KOMO for some days because of power outages. There should be some good info over at Washington HistoryLink on the social effects of the storm. Also look for a summer baby boomlet? Genehisthome (talk) 07:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Why no Washington section?

Seems odd that there are separate sections about the impact in California, Oregon, and British Columbia, but none for Washington. My recollection is that the winds were "hurricane force" in the Puget Sound region, and that they flipped at least one airplane (at the Sand Point Naval Air Station, I think) over on the runway. --Haruo (talk) 07:55, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Good observation, @Haruo. I've started a Washington section with one source, it can probably be expanded. Schazjmd (talk) 20:51, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Looks good so far. If I run across documentation about my flipped airplane anecdote (I was about 8 years old, memories are a bit fuzzy) I'll add it. --Haruo (talk) 05:29, 28 October 2024 (UTC)