Talk:1862 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

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Reviewer: TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contribs) 21:58, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Hey, GeorgeC, I'll get to this later tonight. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 21:58, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

• Why isn't the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes displayed in the infobox?

• Because nobody cares about numbers, unless you are talking about points in the WikiCup. :P --12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The 1862 Atlantic hurricane season featured six tropical cyclones, only one of which made landfall." - do you know how this compares to the average of the time?

• No, but normally there isn't just one TC making landfall.--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The season comprised three tropical storms and three hurricanes, none of which became major hurricanes." - "comprised" is a weird word to use.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The second and third systems were active in mid-August and in September respectively, both were in the western Atlantic Ocean and both reached Category 2 intensity on the modern-day Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale" -> "The second and third systems were active in mid-August and mid-September, respectively, and both attained Category 2 intensity at their peaks [on the...]" or something like that.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "Neither made a landfall and are only known from ship reports." - no need to note they were noted by ship reports, you explain that in the first paragraph. Remove "a" after "made" and combine this with the previous sentence.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "A forth tropical cyclone caused flooding in Saint Lucia and brought heavy rain to parts of Barbados on October 5, but its track prior to that date is unknown." - fourth.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "accumulated cyclone energy" should be capitalized if I'm not mistaken. I did a Google search and most NOAA sites had it capitalized.

• Done--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "Based on reports from four ships, a tropical storm is known to have existed for two days in mid-June off the east coast of the United States" - East Coast should be capitalized.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "On September 12, a Spanish ship, the Julian de Unsueta was de-masted by a strong gale and thrown onto her beam ends." - Comma after the ship name. The ship is not a girl.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "On September 13, the barks Montezuma and Gazelle were also both de-masted by a hurricane near Barbados." - Change "bark" to "barque" and link it; it's better known as such.

• I agree. We wouldn't want anyone to bark up the wrong tree :P --12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "Based on these reports, the track begins about 500 miles (800 km) northeast of the Virgin Islands on September 12 and ending on September 20 off the coast of Novia Scotia." - begins -> began, ending -> ended.

• Fixed. Btw, did I spell Nova Scotia correctly? :P --12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• A Category 1 hurricane was first seen on October 14 approximately 310 miles (500 km) west of Bermuda" - Modern-day Category 1.

• Better?--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "It struck the schooner Albert Treat, throwing her onto her beam ends." - The boat is not a girl.

• You're right. "Albert" is a male name :P --12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The schooner suffered considerable damage and three men were lost." - Lost as in they died, or lost as in they went missing?

• Their GPS malfunctioned after the damage and they are still out there somewhere. :P --12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The next day, further north, the bark Acaciawas struck by the hurricane but managed to make it to safety." - What kind of damage?

• Just fell onto its beam endings.--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "Throughout October 16 the hurricane traveled northward, parallel to the east coast of the United States" - East Coast should be capitalized.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The ship Oder reported losing her sails in a hurricane off Sable Island that day." - The ship is not a girl.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "The storm became extratropical around midday on October 16 and had dissipated completely by October 17." - link extratropical and remove "had".

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "Based on meteorological records kept by an officer of the U.S. steamer James Adger, which were recovered in 2003" - This needs rewording.

• Removed "which were recovered in 2003", because I don't think that is important.--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

• "A major hurricane is a storm that ranks as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale." (notes) - Change to Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)