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Good articleHurricane Bonnie (1986) 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.
Good topic starHurricane Bonnie (1986) is part of the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
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June 18, 2013Good article nomineeNot listed
August 26, 2013Good article nomineeListed
December 27, 2013Good topic candidatePromoted
Current status: Good article

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Add aftermath and images, if possible. A spell-check couldn't hurt either. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 02:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ON the rainfall pic, it shows another track titled "Upper Track Vortex" splitting off from Bonnie. What is it? Icelandic Hurricane #12(talk) 11:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An MCS that formed within Bonnie's circulation, which outlived the surface circulation. Check out the satellite imagery. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:20, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

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This is ridiculous!This is the 2nd article, you've taken-and plus most of the information IS MY WORK!!!!!!!"22,000 people were evacuated before Bonnie made landfall in High Island. Three people were killed in association with Bonnie. The first death occurred in Port Arthur, Texas, when a partially paralyzed woman lost her life to a fire in her house. Authorities said the fire was probably set by candlesticks. The second death happened when a 56 year old man drove off the road in the bad weather from Bonnie, and was hit by another car. The third death was caused in a head-on collision between two cars.

Bonnie caused a storm surge as high as 5.2 feet in some areas. Streets were flooded throughout Southeast Texas. Rainfall totaled to 13 inches in 980 sites through out Texas and Louisiana. Bonnie also spawned 11 tornadoes throughout the area.

Most of the damage from Bonnie came in Texas. A small dam in Big Thicket Lake Estates in Liberty County, Texas, collapsed because of Bonnie. Port Arthur took a toll when major power outages occurred from Bonnie's effects. The city was full of debris once Bonnie passed over. In Southwest Louisiana, about 25 homes, trailers and cabins were destroyed " is all written by me! Also is "Two warnings were released in because of Bonnie. The first one was a hurricane watch and gale warning from Port O'Connor, Texas to the mouth of the Mississippi River from June 25 to the 26th. The 2nd was a hurricane warning from west of Morgan City, Louisiana to Freeport, Texas on the."HurricaneCraze32 21:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is no reason to merge the article. Information is information, though I don't like how Icelandic Hurricane did this. Hurricanehink (talk) 21:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I did a rewrite, I hope it's enough. I'm sorry. I was going to rewrite sooner, bu I had to get off the computer. Plus, this isn't the second article. If you're thinking of Matthew, I just revived it and added more info. Storm05 created the original version. You should think about making articles for Tanya and Kyle. They should warrent an article, or maybe with a little more info. Icelandic Hurricane #12(talk) 21:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Hink here, HurricaneCraze if Icelandic did copy your article, it is still your work isn't it? You don't own anything, remember "if you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it." For what it's worth the article itself is fine, the merge is inappropriate.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Hurricane Bonnie (1986)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Yellow Evan (talk · contribs) 19:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JG, I will review this article. YE Pacific Hurricane 19:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

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OK, I unlinked it. iPhoneHurricane95 20:34, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed the typo. iPhoneHurricane95 20:46, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Changed it to "made landfall" how's that? iPhoneHurricane95 21:10, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Also fixed that. iPhoneHurricane95 20:46, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MH

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 DoneiPhoneHurricane95 20:58, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I excluded it from the link. iPhoneHurricane95 21:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Over the course of the next 24 hours, satellite imagery showed a substantial increase in upper-level outflow as Tropical Storm Bonnie gradually intensified." can you re-word or brake up this sentence please? Thanks. YE Pacific Hurricane 19:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "reconnaissance plane into the system shortly before noon on June 25 revealed hurricane force winds 1500 feet above the surface" noon to 1200 UTC and comma after the 1 in "1500". YE Pacific Hurricane
  • "This evidence was the basis of Bonnie's upgrade to a Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the first of the season.[2]" can you figure out a way to combine this with the previous sentence? YE Pacific Hurricane 20:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The depression began to dissipate six hours later, although its remnants persisted until 1200 UTC on June 28, at which time it was located over the U.S. state of Missouri." source? YE Pacific Hurricane 20:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Preps and impact

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Okie doke. iPhoneHurricane95 20:59, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Texas and LA

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Elsewhere

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References

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GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Hurricane Bonnie (1986)/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 19:07, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • First, make sure everything was addressed from the previous GA review. I realize large portions of the article were re-written, but some may still apply.
  • "was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane" - here might be a good time to mention SSHS (maybe by note?). If you don't feel like it, just say "to a hurricane"
  • You should mention somewhere that winds are in 1-min sustained. Maybe by note?
  • "Following landfall, Bonnie quickly weakened below tropical storm status. On June 28, the remnants of Bonnie dissipated over Missouri." - merge these
  • "Prior to moving ashore, 22,000 people" - the people moved ashore? You're missing a word there :P (see Dangling modifier). Also, do you need the "were" in that sentence?
  • "The origins of Hurricane Bonnie can be traced back to a mid-level center of circulation that formed in association with a quasi-stationary cold front that stretched across northern Florida and the extreme northeast Gulf of Mexico in mid-June 1986." - that is really long. I'm not saying split, I'm just saying re-write (and maybe cut the first ten words or so)
  • " with the stationary frontal boundary" - you just said in the previous sentence it was quasi-stationary. Since there is minimal difference, I'd just say "with the front"
  • "an absence of deep shower and thunderstorm activity was observed on satellite imagery" - some redundancies there, and it could be reworded ("there was little convection on satellite imagery"?)
  • "well-defined circulation had become well-defined " :/
  • "to classify the disturbance as a tropical depression" - who classified it here?
  • "Over the course of the next 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm on June 24" --> "In the 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm"
  • "The depression began to dissipate six hours later" - what does this mean?
  • You should mentioned how Bonnie dissipated (it's in the prelim report).
  • "Upon being declared as a tropical depression. a high risk of landfall" - see dangling modifier
  • "Thunderstorms covered a huge portion of east Texas and western Louisiana, causing 10 to 13 in (250 to 330 mm) of rain" - weird writing. Find a better word than "huge". The sentence is poorly formatted. And any reason you don't include the peak here? You do in the lede.
  • "Bridge City reported 7.5 in (190 mm) of rainfall and several places northwest of Beaumont reported rainfall of over 5 in (130 mm). " - significance?
  • "Highway 59 between Livingston and Shepherd was covered with water and had to be closed. Interstate 20 in Harrison County, Texas was closed after streams and bayou overflowed onto the highway. Inundation also forced the closure of several farm-to-market roads. Low-lying areas in Panola County flooded, including U.S. Route 79." - all of these sentences could be merged. I'll let you figure out how.
  • In general, the Texas section has very poor flow.
  • "Bear Foot Lake overflowed, damaging some homes. Due to threat of the dam bursting, 200 families were evacuated." could be merged (and could use some clarification that Bear Foot Lake is a dam). You say $5 million is extensive damage, but earlier you said damage was light. Two sentences mention damage to windows.
  • "Hank Creek Marina, located across the lake, broke free from its moorings and floated into the lake. Parts of the Marina were submerged." - merge, and clarify. The entire marina broke free from the moorings? How is that possible.
  • Any number of power outages? The article is heavy on NCDC but light on other sources.
  • "The other tornado destroyed three mobile homes and severely damaged an additional two as well as three permanent homes. Damage from this tornado totaled $200,000. " - merge and simplify writing
  • "Torrential rains caused some areas to be flooded to up to 10 ft (3.0 m) deep in parts of Shreveport " - poor writing, please rewrite
  • You mention I-20 being closed twice in Louisiana.
  • You mention the Shreveport flooding, and then a paragraph later mention it again.
  • "Rescuers also had to lash themselves together" - doesn't seem like the right wording here.
  • "Along the shore of Cross Lake, about 80 homes were damaged by water intrusion. About 381 homes and 20 businesses in the area were damaged by flooding." - is the latter sentence related? I'm not sure as to what "area" you're talking about.
  • "Three or four families" - which one? Also, the subsequent sentence could be merged in.