Talk:1928 Haiti hurricane/GA1

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 16:40, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The lead goes into a bit too much detail about the MH in the first paragraph. Perhaps cut down a tad?

Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You should say in the infobox "at least 210 deaths"

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"The damage totaled $1 million.[nb 1] At least 200 deaths were reported. " - these could be combined

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"The worst impact from flooding occurred in North Carolina. Severe flooding destroyed several houses." - again, combine these

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Upon entering the Caribbean Sea early on August 8, a ship reported winds of 46 mph (74 km/h). As a result, the depression became a tropical storm at 00:00 UTC." - it didn't become a TS as a result of the ship reports. That's merely the evidence of it becoming a TS

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not fixed -- "indicts" isn't the proper term here, and the ship reports didn't result in HURDAT listing it as a tropical storm. It's the "As a result" here that's the problem. Auree ^★★ 14:13, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"On August 9, the storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, while located about 155 mi (250 km) south of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. At 12:00 UTC on August 8, the cyclone attained its peak intensity as strong Category 1 hurricane" - check your dates

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The entire MH is uncited......

Fail :P--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Despite remaining off the west coast of Florida, the storm weakened." - this implies a negation, but you don't say why it would have weakened due to remaining off the coast. In addition, it was fairly close to the coast, but you imply it went much farther out over open waters.

I'll just remove that--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No impact in the southern Lesser Antilles?

Apparently not--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The ordering is funky in the first impact paragraph. You have impacts mixed in with aftermath. Try for a better flow, and make the Cuban bit its own paragraph (it's OK if it's short). This likewise happens in Florida, when you have preparations very late in the paragraph, after some impacts.

Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Plate glass was damaged, while signs, trees, and telephone poles were knocked down in Sarasota." - was the plate glass damaged in Boca Grande (at the railroad station?) or in Sarasota? The ordering isn't clear.

Let me clarify the situation about the glass. It was a clear pane to me. Jk :P--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Rough seas began smashing a revenue cutter service ship docked at the Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg against the wharves. As a result, bumpers were placed between the ship and pilings. " - this could be combined

Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"One street closed after roof tiles started falling from the theater. " - what theater? You could just say "a" theater if you want.

"Would she go down on you in a theater?" ♫ :P --12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Additionally, many trees were toppled." - you already mentioned downed trees earlier in the Florida paragraph. Find a way to combine.

Not sure how I'd do that--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"A railroad passenger was abandoned due to water rising above the tracks." - wait, a passenger was abandoned? Was the person killed? That's an extremely random fact to have in an article. Unless, do you mean a passenger train?

Yes, the person was killed. The other people in the train saw the flood waters coming and said "you're on your own. Good luck." Jk, I left out the word "train" :P --12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Milledgeville was left without water because the Oconee River was expected to reached 34 ft (10 m) in height." - the town lost water because of an expected rise in water? That doesn't make sense.

Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

" rainfall forced the Catawba, French Broad, Swannanoa, and Yadkin rivers to overflow their banks" - forced isn't the right word

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Rainfall from the previous hurricane and this storm combined also brought flooding to Virginia." - poorly written

Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"another from freight while crossing the Roanoke River." - I don't get this.

I didn't spell the word the fright way :P --12george1 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article is pretty good, but several portions just don't make sense. However, none of these seem terribly hard to fix, so I'll put the article on hold. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:40, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink, 12george1: Jumping in here from the main GAN page... I think the Haiti/Hispaniola section could still be fleshed out with a Newspapers.com search. A cursory look reveals a few details that aren't in the article, like floodwater depth, politics and location names, injury figure and aftermath goings-on, relief monies, recovery efforts. Probably no major omissions, but still worth taking a closer look. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:35, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink, 12george1, Juliancolton, and Hylian Auree: scolding all of you (Auree, you're just in the crossfire) for letting this sit longer than I let articles sit. :P Contemplating failing it, but AGF on forgetting and all that jazz. Hopefully y'all will do something with this. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]