Talk:Thick fog blankets Houston area

dumb date
Thanks for the catch. I just used the template, I should have checked it.

Jordanmills 18:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

dumb time
12 pm is midnight, right? Karen 21:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * A very wierd weather event for Houston, I think. -68.232.153.54 00:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * No, 12 PM is noon. 12 AM is midnight.  It's generally better to just use noon or midnight, but I copied what was on the alert without thinking about that. Jordanmills 04:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Is this fog unusual?
...needed to clarify in what sense this is interesting to anyone outside of Houston,
 * Gee, Houston sometimes gets big fogs, who knew!
 * Gee, Houston never gets fog like this, more wacky weather?
 * Why does it need to be interesting to you? Jordanmills 20:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

It should address Wikinews' audience, which is global. It doesn't need to be interesting to me personally, but I should be able to understand why it is news, so I can then decide how interesting it is for me. In that regard, knowing how usual/unusual an event is provides an essential bit of context to any news item. This is not hard to do. StrangerInParadise 04:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Not news
Weather phenomena like fog occure daily,this isn't qualifying for a story. to Qualify it needs,
 * 1) Out of place(i.e. fog never occured there)
 * 2) Life threatening (i.e. can't drive or walk in such a fog)
 * 3) Unusual in its kind(i.e fog colored blue)
 * 4) Unusual duration or characteritics(see 3.) (fog lasting for days)


 * Oh, it could be the return of something normal which marks the passage of the seasons, etc. There are driving advisories in the story. Nice picture. StrangerInParadise 20:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)