User:Phoebewolf/1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes/Big Daddy Lava Tornado Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

1811 - 1812 New Madrid Group


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Phoebewolf/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes

Evaluate the drafted changes
I like the idea of making a section about the aftermath. That is definitely missing from the current wiki article. Obviously your group has just started working on the section and so there isn't much info yet; but I noticed that a lot of the first paragraph wasn't actually the aftermath but what happened during the earthquake. It's good info but might be better placed into the eyewitness account section or in the "three earthquake and their..." section. The second paragraph has some good "aftermath" info, the "minimal damage to human structures", saying that it was one of the biggest earthquakes in that part of America felt like a repeat of the intro section. To build on what you've written maybe discuss how the four states worked together to be better at dealing with earthquakes in the future or discuss how the destroyed islands/sandbars affected the local economy. Something good to add would also be what the current populations opinion on earthquakes is knowing what they know about the past. Is it taught in schools?

Response to Peer Review
I like the idea of looking into the states working together to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake. We haven't looked into that yet. The idea was everyone to add something and then collaborate, so hopefully we won't have any repeating information like you noticed.

~Katelyn Amoss