# Talk:1893 Atlantic hurricane season

I wrote a separate article on the 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane before I knew this page existed.  Not sure if that article should be merged in here or if this article should just link to it.  Jdorje 02:36, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Am I the only person who thinks this season was insane? A hurricane hit New York City, 2 killed a combined 3,000-4,000 people in the US. Two major hurricanes affect the same area. 4 hurricanes were active at once, one of only 2 times that's happened in recorded history (1998 being the other time, this event nearly occured in 1961 as well: Betsy became extratropical a day before Esther became a hurricane). Geez!
E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 05:29, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Quite.  And according to Hurricane Juan the hurricane that hit Nova Scotia did so as a category 3.  Quite unusual...this may be the most eventful season on record.  Jdorje 05:01, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Ennnh, it's got some competitian, 1886, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1998, last year, and this year.
E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 00:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Also remember there were probably more storms in the Atlantic that were never told about... CrazyC83 04:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Structure, fix wikification, etc.  Lots of work to do here. Jdorje 00:27, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Got a good bit of the wikification and structure stuff done.  --*Kat* (talk) 11:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I think this article should be at least mid-mportance or even high-importance, just because there were two really deadly hurricanes.  That is just my opinion. (RaNdOm26 10:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC))

I marked it as a mid, though high class could certainly work. It had 4 simultaneous hurricanes (1 of 2 times in history), a hurricane struck New York City, and the two deadly canes. However, only the most active season on record in each basin is listed as high, currently. Hurricanehink (talk) 13:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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Did Emily, Franklin and Gert both formed on August 20, 2023? Just a random Wikipedian(talk) 23:29, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:1893 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 17:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 22:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Pretty good read! Just a few minor things.

Avoid back to back sentences in the lead (second paragraph) starting with "However"
Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Should probably link maximum sustained winds and other basic terms
Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"the hurricane struck Louisiana, causing possibly as many as 2,000 fatalities" - why the "possibly"? The section says "Approximately 2,000 deaths occurred as a result of the storm." Or is it because the death toll is unknown?
I'm going with the second option because Thegreatdr's Louisiana Hurricane History thing says 2,000 and "The Deadliest, Costliest..." source says "Total including offshore losses near 2000".--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"Another very deadly cyclone, the season's sixth system, brought devastating storm surge and high winds to the Sea Islands region and nearby inland" - I'd prefer adding some clarify where the Sea Islands are, such as the southeastern United States.
Done--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project did not add or remove any storms from the 1996 reanalysis of the season by meteorologists José Fernández-Partagás and Henry F. Diaz, but upgraded the third and fourth systems to major hurricane status." - this seems out of order. Maybe mention Partagas-Diaz first, then mention the year that the reanalysis covered 1893?
I really appreciate how you handled ref 9
"On June 19, a ship located in the vicinity of the storm recorded a barometric pressure around 999 mbar (29.5 inHg) - the lowest in relation to the cyclone" - why was the pressure listed as 990 then?
999 is correct --12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"Although landfall weakened the storm, the storm regained major hurricane status while approaching the Bahamas." - redundancy
Fixed--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"After the storm struck Puerto Rico, Chenoweth's study argued that the cyclone remained farther east of the Bahamas than recorded in HURDAT and later on struck near the east end of Nova Scotia." - I get that other sections have the Chenoweth section at the end, but for this storm, it feels out of place following an entire paragraph of impacts
"Chenoweth proposed few changes to the storm's duration, track, or intensity, mainly other than adding a tropical depression stage beginning on August 13." - maybe move this to the beginning of the section for better narrative flow?
What are "sponging vessels"?
Boats used for sponge diving--12george1 (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Finishing review for now (up to Hurricane Six), will continue later. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  22:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

"The official track of the cyclone elects for a landfall in the latter near the municipality of Venezuela in present-day Ciego de Ávila Province." - pretty minor, but due to the wording, maybe clarify that the landfall was... "in the Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila near the municipality of Venezuela." It seems silly, but saying "in the latter near... Venezuela" might confuse some people for a different country if they're just skimming the article rather than following closely.
Fixed--12george1 (talk) 17:44, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
"A low-pressure became" - add "area?
Fixed--12george1 (talk) 17:44, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Minor suggestion, but maybe spell out United States dollars when you do the note the first time. It's optional.
All in all the article is in pretty good shape. I appreciate your fixes so far, and the last few bits should be easy. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  18:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)