Talk:1931 British Honduras hurricane

1931 British Honduras hurricane has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: December 30, 2016. (Reviewed version).

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Useful sources[edit]

Some useful sources to be used in the article (feel free to add to the list). Auree ^★★ 07:28, 25 May 2013 (UTC) Preps/impact:[reply]

Big hurricane sweeps through West Indies
Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (Longshore 2009)
Cyclone (Cain 1933)
The baymen's legacy: a portrait of Belize City (Foster 1987, p. 59: "Although at least one hurricane had previously hit the 'Settlement' — in 1787 — the extraordinarily casual response to the hurricane warning of the morning of September 10th, 1931 was due to the belief amongst City residents that the barrier reef would take the sting out of any approaching tidal wave, and it was this casualness which was responsible for the high death toll of the hurricane")
Formerly British Honduras: a profile of the new nation of Belize (Setzekorn 1981, p. 208: "... September 10, 1931 to celebrate St. George's Cay Day paid little heed to the storm warnings broadcast that morning ...")

Aftermath:

Belize in pictures (Streissguth 1931)
The Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleon Wars (Bulmer-Thomas 2012)
A Town Planning Scheme for Belize (1946)

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:1931 Belize hurricane/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 02:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox has Month-Day date format, but the rest of the article uses Day-Month. Can you change it so it's the same?

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The 1931 Belize hurricane was the deadliest hurricane in the history of Belize, killing 2,500 people." - this could be stronger and more attention grabbing. In September 1931, a hurricane struck Belize and killed an estimated 2,500 people, the deadliest on record in the country. Only, Belize wasn't a country until 1982, so I'm not sure about the best wording.

What can I do?--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Go with my wording (which I changed slightly), if that's OK. I found another source backing it up - [1] - even if that might not be the most reliable to cite. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:39, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"by which time it began to rapidly intensify. The tropical cyclone quickly attained Category 4 hurricane intensity." - could you merge these?

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Moving across the Yucatán Peninsula, the tropical cyclone weakened, and continued to weaken when it moved across the Bay of Campeche. " - can you remove the double "weaken"s

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"and approximately 2,500 fatalities in British Honduras." - already mentioned in the lead

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"In this region the system became sufficiently organised to be classified as a tropical depression at 18:00 UTC that same day

What am I supposed to do here?--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No idea, ignore it :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:39, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"As the storm remained north-north-westbound across the Caribbean" - it never went NNW though

WNW--12george1 (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"At 18:00 UTC on 8 September, the tropical storm attained hurricane intensity." - that's an estimate though

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 05:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The storm strengthened further before reaching its peak intensity with as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) at 1800 UTC." - weird wording

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 05:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The entire city was inundated with 5 ft (1.5 m)." - seems unfinished

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 05:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty good overall. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. I actually forgot about this :P --12george1 (talk) 05:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Any update on this? I don't think this should be failed, given GC's effort a month after you left this by the wayside. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 08:13, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]