Talk:Hurricane Dot (1959)

Todo

Nice work. I'm not sure how much more there is out there, hence the start class, but not much more is needed for B class. Hurricanehink 02:07, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I've put the bit about rainfall on Oahu up at DYK. NSLE _(T+C) at 02:08 UTC (2006-03-31)

I think the intro is too long for the length of the article - and too detailed in general (we don't need to know the exact location where the storm was first spotted). Some of this should be moved into the storm history and the length reduced to 2 paragraphs. — jdorje (talk) 02:29, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I think the statement "Despite the ferocity of the storm" might be too strong for a Cat 1 hurricane. Otherwise I think its an interesting article. Royalbroil 05:07, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Uh... it was a Category 4, not Cat 1. Only Cat 1 at landfall. NSLE _(T+C) at 06:52 UTC (2006-03-31)

Be sure to work in the fact it was a Cat. 4 in the storm history. Currently there's no mention. Hurricanehink 12:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I dropped it to start due to the fact it is fairly short. It should be expanded using the newspaper archive. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:08, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Money units

It's important that monetary figures include modern-day units accompanying them, as in "$6 million ($38 million in 2005 USD)". This is pretty much equivalent to including mph and km/h units side-by-side. However in some places (like in the last paragraph of the impact) that include lots of damage figures, this can get a bit tediously long. Is there something we can do about it (in general, not specifically in this article)? — jdorje (talk) 02:32, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Importance

I have upped the importance of this storm to mid-importance, per the CPHC summaries, which lists Dot as a "notable Hawaiian hurricane". – Chacor 07:28, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Have upped it to B-class as well, based on Coredesat's comments at the WPTC assessment page. – Chacor 05:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

GA Failure

I am failing this because, while it's certainly a nice article, it just strikes me as being less comprehensive than it could be. It's a good start. But Good Articles need to be more than a good start.

I do understand that data here is kind of thin as we're talking a hurricane which didn't quite hit Hawaii almost a half-century ago. But more research could be done. There's got to be newspaper archives somewhere, the Honolulu Advertiser maybe, which could be looked up and cited to give a better idea of how Hawaii reacted to the storm and its aftermath. I strongly suggest you get this involved with WikiProject Hawaii. We need better history.

Also, the infobox picture needs to have the sea lightened. Frankly, with that blue as dark as it is I was about to wipe the dust over the storm track off my monitor when I realized it was Hawaii.

Good luck and, as usual, no prejudice against renomination. Daniel Case 01:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 17:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

• "Dot reached its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds reaching 150 mph (240 km/h)" - add comma before "with"
  •  Done - Added. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• Make sure you link when you say "US$150,000" the first time
  •  Done - Linked. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "After peaking, Dot slightly weakened, but maintained its Category 4 status for over two days in addition to an unusually large eye spanning as much as 40 mi (65 km) in diameter." - comma before "in addition", maybe?
  •  Done - Added. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "curved sharply towards the northwest late that day. A more sharper" - could you avoid saying "sharp" twice so soon after each other?
  •  Done - Replaced with "definite" TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "All watches and warnings were discontinued on August 7 after Dot weakened below hurricane intensity" - isn't the bigger reason that Dot left the area, is why the warnings were dropped, not necessarily because of the decrease in winds?
  • I don't think so. All warnings were discontinued on the advisory that weakened Dot to tropical storm status, and at the time it was still impacting Kauai. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Winds well into hurricane-force were reported in a station on Ka Lae." - how strong?
  •  Done - Replaced well into hurricane-force with 75 knots. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Flooding also occurred on Oahu, though along the coast homes were unroofed and cars were damaged by flying projectiles after being subjected to winds estimated at 60 mph (95 km/h)" - why though?
  •  Done - Replaced 'though' with 'and'. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• I'm not quite sure what "to transfer ship" means
  •  Done - Changed to board. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Another indirect death occurred in a traffic incident resulting from Dot's rainfall." - you should specify this was also on Lanai
  •  Done - Specified. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Waves at Port Allen peaked at 35 ft (10.7 m)." - I feel this should be earlier in the paragraph. Ditto the rainfall
  •  Done - Shifted the aforementioned parts upward. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 17:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

All in all, a really good read! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC)