Talk:Cyclone Savannah

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Quality review

@Hurricane Noah, Hurricanehink, and Jason Rees: If any of you have some spare time, would you be able to conduct a quality review of this article on Cyclone Savannah that I have just published? Thanks in advance. ChocolateTrain (talk) 01:16, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ChocolateTrain: I don't have time to conduct a full review for a while, but I can tell you right now that the lead is too detailed and too large for an article of this size. You don't need to mention hours at all in the lead. Instead of saying it strengthened to Sev. TC status and listing the peak later on, you could simply say it peaked as a Sev. TC with winds of X and a pressure of X. As I said, not a full review, but what I can do as of now. Noah^Talk 10:56, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricane Noah: OK. I will condense the lead section. I'm also busy at the moment, so I won't be able to do this straight away. ChocolateTrain (talk) 12:04, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Damage total

The following news articles contain information regarding damage figures from Savannah:

Madiun: Rp54,093,855,000
Ngawi: Rp32,200,000,000
Ponorogo: >Rp9,000,000,000
Tulungagung: Rp5,075,000,000
Bojonegoro: >Rp4,000,000,000
Magetan: Rp1,000,000,000
Klaten: Rp636,344,000
Sukoharjo: Rp300,000,000
Bulelung: Rp150,000,000

Applying significant figures conventions for addition, this totals at >Rp106 billion. Utilising an IDR to AUD conversion of Rp10,045.38 per AU$1, and an AUD to USD conversion of AU$1.411 per US$1, and calculating based off the unrounded figure, this gives >US$7.5 million. Note that two significant figures should be used for the USD total, as three suggests that we know the IDR value to the nearest Rp100 million, which we do not—the limit of our precision is the nerest Rp 1 billion.

If any other sources are found with further damage information, please add them below this post, but still within the same section (add a Level 3 section heading).

Pinging: @B dash

ChocolateTrain (talk) 23:36, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ChocolateTrain: Great work! Noah^Talk 01:58, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please use the website for currency conversion, such as https://www.xe.com. On 8 March (the cyclone formed and affected Bali), it gave 1 IDR = 0.0000708 USD and 0.0001007 AUD, which yield 7.5 million USD and 10.7 million AUD. --B dash (talk) 02:37, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Were these effects really caused by Savannah?

I notice two mentions of dates in the article with context of impacts - March 13 and 17th. On the former, the storm was nearing the Cocos Islands, and for the latter it was even farther from indonesia. I don’t speak Indonesian, but I have to ask: did the officials in Indonesia actually attribute the flood event to Savannah? Those dates make me question the narrative. If not, then maybe the article should be moved to April 2019 Java flood or something. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 13:18, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink: In one of the articles (I don't remember which), there is an interview with the head of the BMKG which says that the tail end of the cyclone was still expected to cause more rainfall, and as such, the danger was not over yet. I believe that was on 17 March. ChocolateTrain (talk) 13:32, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink: I just checked, and this was in Reference 15 in the article. Also, riverine flooding doesn't occur immediately, as it takes time for the water to flow downstream. This would be another reason for delayed impacts. ChocolateTrain (talk) 13:35, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I just wanted to check. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 13:43, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink: Of course. No worries at all. I appreciate the thoroughness! ChocolateTrain (talk) 14:02, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]