Talk:1943 Surprise Hurricane/GA1

Latest comment: 10 years ago by 12george1 in topic GA Review

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: CycloneIsaac (talk · contribs) 02:50, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'll take this, and I'll do it sometime this week.—CycloneIsaacE-Mail 02:50, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

First glance
  • I might be wrong, but isn't Louisiana suppose to be in the "Areas affected" part of the infobox too?
  • This should be linked in the lead.
  • Why does the damage in the lead different from the rest of the article?

CycloneIsaacE-Mail 03:32, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • Are you talking about the damage toll? If so, I fixed that.--12george1 (talk) 20:14, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Met. history edit

  • "Moving westward at about 8 mph (13 km/h), the storm strengthened and became a hurricane late on July 26. Early on the following day, the storm strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Around that time, the storm also attained its maximum sustained wind speed of 105 mph (165 km/h).[2]" From HURDAT, how could you tell how fast a storm is moving?
  • It was actually 7 mph (11 km/h), which I cited using the NWS report.--12george1 (talk) 03:47, 24 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hurricane hunting edit

  • "Because neither Duckworth nor O'Hair believed that the headquarters would approval of the flight, they decided to proceed without permission." to "Because neither Duckworth nor O'Hair believed that the headquarters would approve the flight, they decided to proceed without permission."

Impact edit

  • "The storm brought strong winds to Texas, with gusts up to 132 mph (212 km/h) reported at the cooling towers at the Shell Oil Refinery in Deer Park and the Humble Oil Refinery in Baytown." Link to Shell Oil Company?
  • Link to Galveston Island should be in the first paragraph, not the second.
  • Shouldn't the section header be "Impact and aftermath"?

On hold for seven days (possibly more fixes coming up).—CycloneIsaacE-Mail 23:13, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Reply