Talk:Typhoon Mary (1960)

Info

• 1960 ATCR
• The Troy Record
• Terry Haute Star (6/10)
• Terry Haute Star (6/13)
• Titusville Herald
• Toledo Blade
• The Victoria Advocate
• HKO damage report
• HKO Summary
• IBTRACS

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 22:59, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

• Link South China Sea
  • Done.
• "It slowly moved across the sea, strengthening slowly to a typhoon. " - don't say "slowly" twice
  • Removed one.
• "1,600 people died across the country" - that doesn't match the infobox. You should make it so you can read the lead and know it fits perfectly in line with the infobox (meaning you should include other deaths like the fishermen)
  • Better? Or do you want to go exact?
• "and a large amount of land near the storm was destroyed" - what does that mean?
  • err...farmland.
• "by the warning center" - any reason you don't just say "JTWC" the second time you say "the warning center"? It could be confusing for those who forget there is a difference between JTWC and JMA
  • Changed.
• "Pressure reading for Mary dropped to 999 hPa (29.5 inHg), according to JMA." - is this important/needed? This is only an estimate, after all, and it's not like it was the lowest pressure. Ditto for the next pressure estimate of 985
  • Removed.
• "At 0600 UTC, Mary quickly strengthened to a typhoon, with winds up to 130 km/h (81 mph). " - 0600 UTC on what day? And why isn't 81 mph rounded?
  • Added.
• "Mary peaked at 0600 UTC on June 8, just offshore of Hong Kong. The typhoon had winds of 150 km/h (90 mph)" - merge these short sentences
  • Merged.
• You might want to clarify where the New Territories are
  • Done.
• When you mention wall cloud, you might want to say instead eyewall or something. Most weather nerds associate wall cloud with tornadoes.
  • Changed.
• When did the JMA track Mary until?
  • Added.
• Source for File:Typhoon Mary in 1960.png?
  • I wish I knew.
• "dropping 14.12 inches (35.9 cm) of rain in 24 hours" - make sure the entire article uses metric units first.
  • Fixed.
• "Average gusts were reported at 65 knots (120 km/h) on Waglan Island, with 105 knots (194 km/h) at times. " - the WPTC generally does not use knots. Use km/h first with knots in parenthesis.
  • Changed; never knew that.
• "more than fifty fishing vessels " - for numbers over 10, just write the number, don't spell it
  • Fixed.
• " Although the floods have caused extreme damage, it helped with the local shortage of water, which the reservoirs gained three billion US gallons (11,000,000 kl) of water." - grammar isn't quite right here
  • Better?
• "462 total small crafts" - I don't get this. Is "total small craft" a term? Or do you mean "Overall, 462 small crafts" or something?
  • The latter.
• "Dikes and dams were severely damaged, and thousands of people were fixing it as the storm passed by" - this is the problem of using passive voice. Were the dikes and dams damaged before the storm, and people fixed them during the storm? Or the storm damaged the dikes, and people tried fixing them immediately amid the bad weather?
  • During the storm.
• "The total damage was reportedly 1,600 casualties" - people don't count as damage
  • Fixed?
• "160 miles (260 km) southeast of Hong Kong" - don't start a paragraph with a number
  • Added a word.
• You should say the Matsu Islands are east of Mainland China, or between China and Japan. Just saying those islands without any context isn't terribly useful.
  • Done.

All in all a nice little article for an older storm. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:59, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: I think I fixed all issues.—CycloneIsaac (Talk) 04:59, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

The last thing is some minor formatting. I misspoke before. Make sure there aren't knots in the article. Have km/h with mph in parenthesis. Also, make sure litres are before gallons. Still not sure about the dams. Were they damaged before the storm? Why would it matter that people fix them during the storm? That part isn't clear. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 14:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)