Hurricane Hilary

Hurricane Hilary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Nominator(s): ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:30, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about a hurricane that struck California last August, causing unprecedented flooding across the western United States. Hurricane Hilary was at one point a powerful Category 4 hurricane. It caused flooding across Desert Valley, which I actually got to witness firsthand, including an image (not the best, but still relevant enough to include in the article). It just passed its GA review (today actually), and I would love to get it featured by its one year anniversary. Enjoy the read, please let me know how I can improve it. Thanks in advance. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:30, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Surprised to see no reviews yet, this looks interesting! Would be happy to review soon MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks MyCatIsAChonk (talk · contribs) - I actually forgot to put it on the FAC list until like last week. *blush emoji* ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Operationally, NHC had tracked the two systems as the same, assessing that Hilary continued into southern California as a tropical storm,[6] which would have had made it the first tropical storm to cross into the state since Nora in 1997 - it's stated that Hilary was a tropical storm, but then says that it "would have had made it the first tropical storm... in the state since..."- these seem to contradict each other

• Yea, the original assessment was that Hilary entered California as a tropical storm, so a lot of media reported on that fact as being the first TS to enter the state. It was only after the fact that the National Hurricane Center realized that it wasn't a true tropical storm in the state. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Wl Baja California Sur

• Done. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• The Mexican government issued watches for southern Baja California Sur on August 17.[19] They were upgraded - the Mexican government was upgraded? The watches? I assume the latter, but best to avoid "they" when the direct object is what's being referenced here

• OK, I reworded it and combined with the subsequent sentence. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• School classes and public activities were canceled in Baja California, with a baseball game postponed - is the game notable enough to get a whole separate clause

• Agreed, removed the baseball game bit. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation announced that all parks and facilities were closed for two days - because the department is doing the act of announcing something (present tense) the end of the sentence should be "were to be closed for two days (or at least, this makes more sense in my head)

• Good catch, fixed the grammar. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• They also truncated the August 19 runs - again, careful with they- I'd put Amtrak again

• Got it. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• The US section is much larger than the Mexico section, and yet the hurricane landed in Mexico- any specific reason? If lack of english sources if the issue, consulting a Spanish-speaking editor would be helpful (I know some if you need connections)

• I might need to look into this more, admittedly. But it was a weakening tropical storm when it made landfall, which is why the impacts weren't extreme. Even in California, the floods were more on the rare/unusual side than catastrophic. I'm going to look into this today and tomorrow when I have time (my folks are visiting me and my partner this week, so it might be until the weekend). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

more soon MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:57, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• The strongest gusts were recorded in Los Angeles County – 87 mph (140 km/h) at Magic Mountain, and San Diego County – 84 mph (135 km/h) at Big Black Mountain. - I'm confused here- is 87 for LA county and 84 for San Diego? Right now, I associate 87 with San Diego because they are next to each other visually

• Agreed. I split up these clauses. I still believe the San Diego wind reading is significant, as it was still a hurricane-force gust. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Any photos of washed away roads available? Might be on Flickr or similar sites, but I assume such a major event like this would be widely photographed

• Do you mean aside from the one in the article? I checked on Flicker, and I didn't see any freely accessible images. It would be great getting images in the San Bernardino/Coachella Valley area, especially of active floods, but the best image Wikipedia commons has is a street image in Los Angeles that isn't worth adding. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Nothing about Mexico in "Aftermath"?

• Will check more into this. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I got, wonderful work overall! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the review, and I love the user name MyCatIsAChonk (talk · contribs)! I'll look more into Mexican sources, admittedly that's an area I might have overlooked. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All good- let me know when you're done! Best of luck, MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 19:25, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, update time! I found more for Mexico. It wasn't much. Hilary had some localized damaging effects. I added the number of power outages in Mexico, schools damaged in Baja California Sur, and details about people who lost their houses. Lemme know what you think of the additions - @MyCatIsAChonk:. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink The aftermath looks much better, but preparations is still rather small. Are there no more sources left? It's entirely possible that the media didn't effectively cover this event. If you need ideas, try newspapers.com for some local coverage. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 23:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]