Talk:1926 Louisiana hurricane/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 00:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

• Given two previous indications of the name, there is no year needed for "August 20, 1926".
• "the storm system" - remove either the second or third word
• "A tropical depression first formed on August 20 in the central Caribbean Sea from a broad area of low pressure based on weather reports from weather stations and ships in the vicinity." I'd add a comma before "based"
• Is there any further info on what happened before it became a TD?
• "Nonetheless, the tropical storm began to move more towards the west" - this is the first indication of movement, so this, compared to the track map, is confusing given the apparent northwest motion.
• "Once in the Gulf of Mexico, the tropical storm continued to intensify, reaching huricane strength early the next day north of the Yucatán Peninsula.' - when you start a new paragraph, you should mention the new date. Also, see if you can spot the typo.
• When you mention SSHS categories, you should either "reaching Category 2 intensity", or "the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane", since the SSHS was not around until much later.
• When did the ship report that eye and pressure?
• "The major hurricane" - this is the first indication of MH, and there is no explanation what it is.
• "The major hurricane intensified up until making landfall near Houma, Louisiana at 2300 UTC late on August 25 at peak intensity" - some redundancy there, with "intensified up until making landfall.... at peak intensity." Try rewording a bit
• What is the basis for landfall intensity? What about when it dissipated?
• No need to link "storm warnings" after previously linking TC watches and warnings.
• "eight to 15" - have consistency with writing
• "Offshore, a storm surge of 15 ft (4.6 m) was reported" - how can a storm surge occur offshore?!
• "were estimated at 120 mph (195 km/h)" - sustained or gust? If latter, that isn't a C3
• "New Orleans reported numerous window damage" - grammar?
• "An offshore ferry was also wrecked by the hurricane" - where?
• Any impact outside of Louisiana? The rainfall map indicates there were other effects.

That's it. The article is decent, but a bit more work and research should be enough to make it a GA. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Resolved the above comments. As for effects outside of Louisiana, I didn't find any, but I did include the rainfall peaking at 10 in. in Florida. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 00:26, 28 January 2013 (UTC)