Talk:Hurricane Luis

Todo

External links section Jdorje 08:56, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Better? Hurricanehink 01:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Come on! This can't still be a stub. Hurricanehink 02:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Obviously not. I was just busy editing the article! Jdorje 02:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, just checking. Good work with the little things, especially references. Hurricanehink 02:45, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Categories

This article needs some "Hurricanes in XXX" categories for its caribbean strikes. But there are so many caribbean locations, I find it hard to make all these categories work together properly. — jdorje (talk) 18:55, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

More Deaths

My school nurse lived somewhere in the caribbean durring this storm and she claims she say hundreds of people dead, it is posible they never learned of these deaths?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Silence Knight (talk • contribs)

I doubt it. It's been a long time since a hurricane caused hundreds of deaths in the eastern Caribbean. In addition, FEMA is usually very good with death totals. I doubt they would miss a few hundred people. Hurricanehink (talk) 16:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

FEMA? What would they have to do with it hink? I suspect that your nurse was talking about was a different storm.--Nilfanion (talk) 16:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Isn't FEMA the agency who inspects damage on the U.S. Virgin islands? That is where a lot of Luis's damage occurred. Hurricanehink (talk) 16:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

A lot of Luis's damage was in the Virgin islands? Not according to the article or the TCR... Now you've got me confused Hink--Nilfanion (talk) 16:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Whoops, I thought more islands belonged to the Virgin islands than there actually are. OK, so I would guess the respective countries' governments wouldn't miss 100 people from the death tolls. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Substandard grammar and improper or unsourced writing

Somebody edited with dubious claims on Hurricane Luis, one claimimg a 98 foot monster wave happened in connections to Hurricane Luis. Also, whosoever edited this article was using questionable grammar, and some of the edits may be vandalism or dubious edits at the least. Can someone please cleanup Hurricane Luis-the grammar, substandard edits and unsource claim are unneeded and are making this article appear nonreliable. 173.26.80.178 (talk) 00:51, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

I can personally attest to the tidal wave. My submarine was coming out of Halifax the night the thing rolled over us. It knocked us 150 feet underwater with our upper sail hatch open. We took on about 10,000 gallons of water. I've never been so seasick in my life. It was a miracle no one died.Daveamee (talk) 04:04, 3 June 2010 (UTC)daveamee

Re-rate

Can someone re-rate this article. I doubt this article is really a stub, it too long to be a stub and it also has too many references to be a stub. Anyone agree to re-rate the article? --12george1 (talk) 02:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

The article is still severely short. There is really no way it can be considered a start-class article until more sections are expanded. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:54, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

1,000 people drowning

I removed the second part of the sentence:

"The hurricane killed nine people (two in the French side and seven in the Dutch side), and possibly 1,000 people drowned in the lagoon according to some sources."

The statement is vague, there is no source given, and it contradicts the death toll in the article. If there is a source, please feel free to put it back in the article. Kachyna(talk) 00:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Winds

Hello. I was wondering about the original intensity of Hurricane Luis. There's this site called "Stormpulse" that I go to often, and I was going through Luis' track. The intensity they have is 150mph winds and 935 millibars pressure. I just wanted to make sure that y'all knew about this, because I don't like Wiki to be wrong. Thanks, --Ryder 03:11, 15 August 2011 (UTC) talk

Nope, the TCR has 140 mph as the peak. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:27, 15 August 2011 (UTC)