Talk:1893 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

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Nominator: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 17:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 22:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Pretty good read! Just a few minor things.

• Avoid back to back sentences in the lead (second paragraph) starting with "However"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• Should probably link maximum sustained winds and other basic terms

• Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• "the hurricane struck Louisiana, causing possibly as many as 2,000 fatalities" - why the "possibly"? The section says "Approximately 2,000 deaths occurred as a result of the storm." Or is it because the death toll is unknown?

• I'm going with the second option because Thegreatdr's Louisiana Hurricane History thing says 2,000 and "The Deadliest, Costliest..." source says "Total including offshore losses near 2000".--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• "Another very deadly cyclone, the season's sixth system, brought devastating storm surge and high winds to the Sea Islands region and nearby inland" - I'd prefer adding some clarify where the Sea Islands are, such as the southeastern United States.

• Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• "The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project did not add or remove any storms from the 1996 reanalysis of the season by meteorologists José Fernández-Partagás and Henry F. Diaz, but upgraded the third and fourth systems to major hurricane status." - this seems out of order. Maybe mention Partagas-Diaz first, then mention the year that the reanalysis covered 1893?
• I really appreciate how you handled ref 9
• "On June 19, a ship located in the vicinity of the storm recorded a barometric pressure around 999 mbar (29.5 inHg) - the lowest in relation to the cyclone" - why was the pressure listed as 990 then?

• 999 is correct --12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• "Although landfall weakened the storm, the storm regained major hurricane status while approaching the Bahamas." - redundancy

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

• "After the storm struck Puerto Rico, Chenoweth's study argued that the cyclone remained farther east of the Bahamas than recorded in HURDAT and later on struck near the east end of Nova Scotia." - I get that other sections have the Chenoweth section at the end, but for this storm, it feels out of place following an entire paragraph of impacts
• "Chenoweth proposed few changes to the storm's duration, track, or intensity, mainly other than adding a tropical depression stage beginning on August 13." - maybe move this to the beginning of the section for better narrative flow?
• What are "sponging vessels"?

• Boats used for sponge diving--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Finishing review for now (up to Hurricane Six), will continue later. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

• "The official track of the cyclone elects for a landfall in the latter near the municipality of Venezuela in present-day Ciego de Ávila Province." - pretty minor, but due to the wording, maybe clarify that the landfall was... "in the Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila near the municipality of Venezuela." It seems silly, but saying "in the latter near... Venezuela" might confuse some people for a different country if they're just skimming the article rather than following closely.
• "A low-pressure became" - add "area?
• Minor suggestion, but maybe spell out United States dollars when you do the note the first time. It's optional.

All in all the article is in pretty good shape. I appreciate your fixes so far, and the last few bits should be easy. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)