Talk:1916 Texas hurricane

Todo
Not a bad start. You should expand the impact section, especially for Texas. Storm surge damage is mentioned in the picture, but there's nothing about in the article. UTC shouldn't be used, just say the day. Transitional phrases would be nice, rather than going from sentence to sentence. (On August 21, the storm formed. On August 22, etc.) should be avoided. The formatting, with the exception of a see also section with a link to the TC portal, is great, but the content isn't so good.

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 * http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/1916/1916.html
 * In 1916 Texas hurricane on 2011-05-25 02:44:46, 404 Not Found
 * In 1916 Texas hurricane on 2011-06-02 02:47:20, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 02:47, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Comments
In the course of making some minor edits to improve flow and diction, I'm encountering a few places where I feel clarification from the main authors would be beneficial.


 * Crossing the Lesser Antilles from August 12–13,[4] the developing tropical cyclone produced gusty winds, peaking at 25 mph (35 km/h) on Antigua and reaching minimal tropical storm intensity offshore. - Does the 25 mph measurement represent a gust or a sustained wind? "Gusty winds" implies the former, so I want to be sure.
 * One woman was killed by a downed electric wire. - Presumably electrocution was involved here... does the source say as much so we can be specific?
 * Another train of cars was readied at Seabrook in case additional evacuations were required. - I'm having trouble verifying this in the given source (and the reason I was looking was because "train of cars" is a bit ambiguous, given that we've already discussed traincars and automobiles).
 * All Western Union communication lines between San Antonio and Brownsville were severed by 2:00 p.m. CST (19:00 UTC) on August 18 - Also having difficulty verifying this time in provided sources.

More as I go along, perhaps. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:54, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

–  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:50, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Conservative estimates placed financial losses for the city between $250,000–$500,000 - Financial losses and storm damage are two different things. Is the former precise here?
 * Not really sure what "proximate coast" means.
 * What is a "pleasure pier"?
 * Small shipping interests were hurt in Port Lavaca, particularly the fish and oyster industry; coastal homes in the port were destroyed. - Not sure I'd consider the fishing industry to qualify as shipping interests, though perhaps that could be argued with a little rewording. Coastal homes definitely not under that umbrella.
 * Kingsville was nearly washed away by the hurricane - Seems a little hyperbolic in the absence of further context.
 * Despite the storm's size and intensity, overall property losses along the coast were relatively light - This is a little jarring to come across after reading about how bad things were on the coast for three or four paragraphs.