Talk:Hurricane Kate (1985)/GA1

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Reviewer: TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contribs) 05:10, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No Cuba prep for the second paragraph of the lead? (sad face) It reads weird when you go from talking about shelters opening in Florida to deaths in Cuba.
- Added evac :) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Heavy rainfall in Cuba caused numerous mudslides and flooding, killing several and leading to severe agriculture damage." - Several what? :)
- Ack. Added "people" --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Damage totaled to roughly $400 million, making it the most damaging hurricane to strike the island in many decades." - $400 million what? Is there a specific storm for the second portion of the sentence?
- Well, it's unadjusted for inflation, and it seems like it's the highest total at the time, but I don't have confirmation of that. I added that all damage totals are in 1985 USD. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Storm surge and flooding rains destroyed much of the oyster industry, causing many to lose their jobs in the weeks after the storm." - Again, minor, I know...but many what?
- I think some animals at Sea World lost their jobs. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Before the formation of Hurricane Kate, there was a ridge located across the southeastern United States for much of the autumn of 1985, and concurrently a major trough persisted across the western portion of the country." - I think this sentence would read better if it were broken up. But that's just me.
- Split and added a semicolon. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
" It gradually organized with the favorable conditions, and on November 15 a Hurricane Hunters flight into the area indicated the development of a tropical cyclone; as gale force winds were already present, the system was upgraded directly to Tropical Storm Kate, about 240 miles (385 km) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico." - The favorable conditions gradually organized too?! :O Comma after 15??
- Eh, the "it" pretty obviously refers to the interaction of the wave and the trough. (I think that's what you meant, the unclear antecedent?) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I'm aware, high pressure systems not juxtaposed over the center of a cyclone don't provide ventilation for a tropical cyclone. The backing upper-level low does.
- This suggests otherwise... --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough. Looks like I learned something new. :) TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 02:56, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Until 2011, Kate was considered the second-latest hurricane landfall in the United States..." - Kate was a hurricane, not a landfall. "Until 2011, Kate was considered the second-latest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States" or something of the sort.
- Added "having" --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Three shelters were opened in Key West, though only 500 sought refugee during the storm, with most citizens on the island rode out the storm in their homes." - Refugee to refuge and rode to riding.
- Clarified, thanks! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"As Kate passed to the southwest of Key West, the storm produced winds of 47 mph (76 km/h), and there were unofficial wind gusts of 104 mph (167 km/h)." - In Key West?
- Yea, added. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"While Kate moved ashore, it produced an 11 m (36 ft) storm surge at Cape San Blas, causing beach and dune erosion in Gulf County." - Any reason why this isn't ft (m)?
- Oops, I missed the ft indicator. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
References 26 and 40 give 404 errors (not found).
- Fixed both. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That looks to be about it. All-in-all a "good" article (and soon to be a good article :)). TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 05:10, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yay, thanks! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Passing! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 02:56, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]