Talk:Hurricane Iselle

3rd costliest?

Is there really a need to have the 3rd costliest hurricane in Hawaii bit? It's not that hard when #3 is only $66 million. Apparently Ismael 95 was the 3rd costliest New Mexico hurricane, with $250,000 in damage. Is that worth adding? Or that Heather 77 was the third-costliest Arizona hurricane at $15 million? While it might be correct, it just seems kinda trivial for such a low damage total. If it was the third costliest in the entire US, it'd be worth adding (as I believe we did for Ike at the time), but I think this is borderline trivial. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:55, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

eh, I personally think it's worth including. And $66 million is not that low. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:35, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But the source doesn't even explicitly say Iselle was the 3rd costliest. And I don't think we have any other instances of saying a storm was the third costliest in a given state. Correct me if I'm wrong though. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:41, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We do. "With estimated damage costing around $53 million, Iselle surpassed Hurricane Dot in 1959 as the third-costliest tropical cyclone to ever hit the U.S. state of Hawaii (after counting for inflation)." http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/power-protection/articles/386592-hurricane-iselle-downs-power-honolulu.htm Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:46, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Even so, when have we mentioned that for any other state? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:48, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Idk tbh. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:56, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but Hawaii is an exception because it is so rare that a hurricane or tropical storm hits Hawaii, so what's the big deal with keeping it? The pages of of other historic hawaii hurricanes, namely Dot, Iniki and Iwa also mention it's status in terms of their large amounts of damage. The Arizona and New Mexico statement is true; however $250,000 and $15 million still doesn't compare to $66 million. In addition to the agricultural disaster declaration in Hawaii due to Iselle which was not declared with Haether of 77 or Ismael of 95. Plus, this article: http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/power-protection/articles/386592-hurricane-iselle-downs-power-honolulu.htm clearly states this. 72.87.97.95 (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]