Talk:Typhoon Percy (1990)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs) 20:32, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Reviewing this now... Heaven forbid a mishap like this from occurring again. Noah^Talk 20:32, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

• The tenth tropical cyclone, sixth tropical storm, and third typhoon of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season Could you please provide a citation for this? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  I was not able to provide citations for "The tenth tropical cyclone, sixth tropical storm, and third typhoon of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season". Instead, i changed it into The fourth and the last tropical cyclone to be formed in June of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season and provided the citations neccessary.  Done. SMB99thx my edits 06:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• Link wind shear in the lead. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 07:42, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• over 30,000 individuals lost their homes. Overall, damage in the country was minor, however. These two statements seem to contradict one another. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:20, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Satellite imagery Link. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 07:43, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Satellite imagery showed signs of a well-defined low-level circulation and the disturbance was situated along with persistent convection, and the disturbance was situated in a weakly divergent environment aloft The last two items could be combined or this could be split into two sentences. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 07:21, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• of winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) I would change this to "of 65 km/h (40 mph) winds to improve flow a bit. Also, I assume these were 10-minute sustained as well, correct? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  I don't think it's a 10-minute sustained winds, since that came from JTWC report (JTWC uses 1-minute sustained winds). Otherwise,  Done SMB99thx my edits 07:41, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Tracking west-northwestward around another upper-level anticyclone that was previously following Typhoon Ofelia and later merged with a subtropical ridge to its north,[1] Percy was upgraded into a severe tropical storm on June 22 by the JMA. Oh boy, that's a lot there. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  It took me long to guess the problem, but regardless i'm  Done with this. SMB99thx my edits 13:20, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• with the JMA subsequently following suit When did this occur? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  I believe it's in the morning of June 24.  Done SMB99thx my edits 07:02, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• JTWC estimated that Ofelia obtained

  Fixed.  Done

• Dvorak estimate of T6.0 Could you list the wind values for that estimate? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 07:06, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• Airline services in and out Yap was halted --> were halted. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:27, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• the island of Ngulu Atoll bore the brought Did you mean bore the brunt? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:27, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• several houses lost their roof and power, television, and radio lines were downed ", and television and radio lines were downed." Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  Radio does not have lines. Television might if it is cable. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 03:57, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

  I changed the order of the words per JTWC ATCR, and with the input of Peter that there is no radio lines. as such, Meanwhile, radio towers, power lines and television lines were downed as several houses lost their roofs. This is definitely  Done either way. SMB99thx my edits 06:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• The typhoon posed enough of a threat to Hong Kong to warrant a No 1. hurricane signal briefly, but such signal was dropped within 24 hours, Nevertheless, a pressure of 999.4 mbar (29.51 inHg) was measured at the Hong Kong Royal Observatory early on June 29 This should be split after 24 hours. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  Of course.  Done SMB99thx my edits 06:51, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• High Island received 245 mm (9.6 in) I would add "of rain" after the measurement. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  Okay. I did that...  Done SMB99thx my edits 06:51, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Two other villages lost power. Eleven people also had to be evacuated. Could these possibly be merged? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:50, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• slight damage was to crops. Delete "was". Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:50, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Floodwaters there was up to 2 m (6.6 ft) deep Should be "were". Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:49, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• I would round the acres measurement to the nearest thousand. Additionally, there is one instance where acres comes before the hectares. Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:00, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• tens of millions in damage USD? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:49, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Roughly 20 km (12 mi) of a highway were destroyed. This is similar to the farmland sentences before it. It should be "was destroyed". Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

   Done SMB99thx my edits 06:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

• Damage was estimated at US$28 million Is there an estimate in Yuan? Noah^Talk 21:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

  Using current estimate it's about 190 million yuan. Not sure about 1990 USD to yuan. I'll added it under the note that this is adjusted for inflation.  Done. SMB99thx my edits 07:04, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Yellow Evan: Just a reminder since it has been two weeks since the review was posted. Noah^Talk 16:35, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane Noah, Since YE is not as active as it was in 2017, i'll take the initiative instead. I want to work on Typhoon Faxai, but it was snubbed for GA so i believe i'll take on at this one. I will revisit Typhoon Faxai once it's done. SMB99thx my edits 06:23, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it's time to revisit Typhoon Faxai, it's a huge work. MarioJump83! 02:12, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Done

@Hurricane Noah: This is all  Done. What do you think? SMB99thx my edits 13:21, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

will do this in a couple hours or so. Noah^Talk 23:09, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Didn't notice. SMB99thx my edits 04:01, 28 September 2020 (UTC)