Talk:Hurricane Carol

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 9, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

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Hurricane Carol is part of the "1954 Atlantic hurricane season" series, a current good topic candidate. A good topic should exemplify Wikipedia's very best work, and is therefore expected to meet several criteria. Please feel free to leave comments.

Story

I was stationed at the submarine school in Groton, Ct at the time Hurricane Carol came through. I do not know why but we, as students in the school, were not really aware of the approaching storm or it's potential severity. Communications and weather tracking admittedly were not what they are now but it was not the dark ages either. I vividly recall watching the wind and rain thru the windows of the barracks as the storm raged through. The barracks were located on about the highest point of the base so were in no danger from the rising waters. We heard about the flooding on the base down by the docks so we went down to see what was happening. It was quite a sight. The submarines had remained in port and dove in place at the docks. There they sat, submerged, sitting on the bottom with thier conning towers rising above the water. All of the cars that were parked along the docks and in the parking lots were under water. All you could see of them were the radio antennas sticking up out of the water. This was my first hurricane experience. The second followed shortly after when Hurricane Diane showed up.

Todo

References, aftermath pics. Jdorje 22:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Longer storm history would be good. The impact also needs to be more comprehensive. Are there any preps or aftermath? Hurricanehink (talk) 03:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No preps. Is this still a stub class article? Hurricanehink (talk) 19:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths

Can we have a deaths-by-state table? — jdorje (talk) 05:04, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

B-class

Very detailed descriptions of it's storm history, impact, and aftermath. Properly referenced with good sources, well beyond stub class. Hello32020 02:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Barrier System

Is this or is this not the hurricane that led to the construction of the extensive hurricane surge prevention system near Providence, Rhode Island? --McTrixie/Mr Accountable 16:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Intensity

HURDAT, direct from NHC, does not list Carol as a major hurricane. It is listed as a 100 mph Category 2. I know some of the NHC tables list it as such, but I have yet to see one that says anything but "3" under a Category tab. No windspeeds. Where 115 mph came from I don't know. Nothing in the MWR suggest major hurricane status other than a high gust reading. Gusts are notoriously sporadic. Are there errors in HURDAT, of course (Hazel, Beulah), but you can't just see "3" and put 115 mph. Could someone provide an official source that says 115 mph? -- §HurricaneERICarchive 23:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This link from HURDAT is where it was from. The list was published in 2007, so I'd consider it official. I also wouldn't consider it a typo, because it clearly lists the following.
1954 Aug NY, 3; CT, 3; RI, 3; NC, 2 - that is attributed to Carol. --♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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

Reviewer: Sven Manguard (talk · contribs) 04:35, 9 January 2013 (UTC) GAN Quicksheet 1.23 SM[reply]
(Criteria)

Starting comments: Considering the author, I don't anticipate many, if any, issues.

1. Well written: Section acceptable

a. prose/copyright:

Acceptable

b. MoS compliance:

Acceptable

2. Accurate and verifiable: Section acceptable

a. provides references:

Acceptable

b. proper citation use:

Acceptable

c. no original research:

Acceptable

3. Broad in coverage: Section acceptable

a. covers main aspects:

Acceptable

b. focused/on topic:

Acceptable

4. Neutral: Acceptable

5. Stable: Acceptable

6. Image use:

a. license/tagging correct:

Question - Am I to take from the omission of such a photo that there isn't a picture of the storm itself? I know we're early for satellites, and that the Hurricane Hunters didn't exist at the time, but I wanted to make sure.

b. relevant/properly captioned:

Acceptable

7. Additional items not required for a GA, but requested by the reviewer:

a. images that should have alt texts have them:

Needs work - Would you please consider doing this?

b. general catch all and aesthetics:

Acceptable

Comments after the initial review: I made two minor sourcing tweaks, which you can look at in the diffs. Other than that, I've left one question, as well as put in a request (that will have no effect on my passing this or not) for you to put in alt texts. This looks to be an easy pass. Exactly what I expected when I decided to do this review. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:02, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! I added the alt images, easy enough. Unfortunately, there are no radar images or satellite images. Radar wasn't all that common during the storm, and satellite imagery didn't come around until the 1960s. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:08, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody fast response, that. Okay, I'm promoting this now. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:10, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hah, I wasn't stalking you and clicking the refresh button every minute, I swear :P (I'm actually working on another retired hurricane article now). --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]