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1901 Louisiana hurricane

Created by 12george1 (talk). Self nominated at 15:23, 1 May 2014 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Checked for newness, size and QPQ. Hook is cited by a reliable source and sounds interesting enough. Vensatry (ping) 06:54, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg I don't see that the hook fact is confirmed. The article and the source both say that the office building/small cabin used by the weather service "weathered the storm", so it survived as well. Indeed, I don't see anything in Alciatore's report in the source that indicates that sort of widespread destruction in Port Eads, and I can't find mention of the Port Eads lighthouse there. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:30, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
  • I had it sourced by the wrong reference. Should be good now.--12george1 (talk) 16:10, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Template:Ping My bad, thanks for pointing out. I had to assume good faith based on the verification of the same fact mentioned here. Template:Ping It would be nice if you add page numbers for large PDF files. Vensatry (ping) 16:53, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
  • 12george1, you have sources that disagree with each other, and those same disagreements are in the article text: the contemporaneous report (FN2) states clearly that a particular building survived (which wasn't a lighthouse), and the source you've just pointed to (FN5) says nothing survived except the lighthouse. FN5 also says ten people died from the storm, while FN3 mentions the 15 people from a single family who died, and also later cites Dunn and Miller 1960 for a "considerable loss of life" statement. Not only do you have to reconcile these discrepancies in the article, but I frankly think the FN2 contemporaneous source is more trustworthy, as it's far more detailed, and renders the current hook untenable. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:17, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Template:Ping, should I add an alternate hook stating that the lighthouse and an office building remained standing?--12george1 (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2014 (UTC)