Talk:1958 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 00:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"a subtropical depression formed in the Caribbean and dropped heavy rainfall near Miami." - Are you talking about this Miami?
- Hurricanes don't hit Canada, silly GC. Oh wait, Juan, Luis. Crap. To the disambiguator! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 121." - Was the rating of 121 below average, near normal, or above average?
- ACE averages (above, average, or below) are based off 1981-2010, so I don't think that's quite appropriate for 1958. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding" - Eh, it's kinda redundant to end the first sentence with "ACEs" and start the second with "ACE".
- Agreed. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"tracked both Hurricanes Daisy and Helene for 500 nautical miles (575 mi (925 km))" - Two things here. One, why is nautical miles used here? Next, why is there two closing parenthesis brackets?
- The source uses nautical miles, so I opted to as well, but, since it was big enough of a deal apparently, I removed it :P (that also helped the brackets) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Based on reports from the Cape Verde islands offshore Africa" - Isn't it just Cape Verde, not Cape Verde islands/Islands.
- It can be either, right? --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I will continue this review later tonight.--12george1 (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Continuing...

Not sure how big of a deal this is, but on Cleo's section, you don't mention the word "Cleo" until the fourth sentence.
- Yea, I didn't mention it chronologically until the name was actually assigned. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Although it did not report higher winds, it is estimated that Cleo had intensified further,[1] reaching peak winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) early on August 16; this made it a Category 5 hurricane." - You use "it" here three times and none of them refer to the same thing. Try to cut down on them, especially one of the two before the semicolon.
- Weird! Done. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"The Weather Bureau issued a hurricane warning from Block Island to Provincetown, Massachusetts due to the projected path near New England." - You might wanna mention what state Block Island is in, because it is not in Massachusetts.
- It's not in a state though, it's offshore. And it's linked already. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"and a peak gust of 135 km/h (220 km/h), exceeding the previous record for measured wind speed" - Darn, I have to take math classes again too because I forgot how to convert kilometers to kilometers. :P
- ._. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Were any of the 1958 names used for the first time or retired?
- That's sorta trivial, IMO. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work! I am gonna pass this article now in accordance to the GA criteria.--12george1 (talk) 16:16, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]