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Did you know... that the 1899 Carrabelle hurricane was said at the time to be "the most disastrous cyclone that ever visited this section of Florida"?
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"The 1899 Carrabelle hurricane caused significant damage in Dominican Republic and the Florida Panhandle. The second tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the annual season, " what kind of season? Spring? Also, missing a "the" after the first "in".
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
" "Great" damage was reported along coastal sections of the country, while a loss of telegraph service impacted most of interior areas." no need for comma in such sentence.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Hint: it has nothing to do with the Heat vs. Spurs game. :P 5 score and 14 years ago, a hurricane struck northwestern Florida. :P Actually, another source I have says that only 9 houses remained.--
12george1 (
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03:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"Many boats at the harbor and the wharfs in Lanark were wrecked. Large portions of stores and pavilions in the city were damaged. " have you ever heard of a semicolon? If so, combine these sentences with such feature.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
" Early on August 2, it weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression several hours later, shortly before dissipating over southern Alabama.[2]" separate these two sentences.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"The city of Carrabelle was devastated, with only nine houses remaining." to "The city of Carrabelle was devastated as only nine houses in the city remained."
YEPacificHurricane
" According to the mayor, about 200 families were left homeless." Does the mayor have a name? Or did he go around with no name and wrote no name on his SAT papers?
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"One fatality occurred in Carrabelle when a house collapsed on a woman, Mary Williams; numerous other people in the area sustained injuries.[4] " we don't usually mention names of people affected by hurricanes unless notable (like Tim Duncan) :P
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
A fact from 1899 Carrabelle hurricane appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 June 2013 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the 1899 Carrabelle hurricane was said at the time to be "the most disastrous cyclone that ever visited this section of Florida"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Weather, which collaborates on weather and related subjects on Wikipedia. To participate, help improve this article or visit the
project page for details.
"The 1899 Carrabelle hurricane caused significant damage in Dominican Republic and the Florida Panhandle. The second tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the annual season, " what kind of season? Spring? Also, missing a "the" after the first "in".
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
" "Great" damage was reported along coastal sections of the country, while a loss of telegraph service impacted most of interior areas." no need for comma in such sentence.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Hint: it has nothing to do with the Heat vs. Spurs game. :P 5 score and 14 years ago, a hurricane struck northwestern Florida. :P Actually, another source I have says that only 9 houses remained.--
12george1 (
talk)
03:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"Many boats at the harbor and the wharfs in Lanark were wrecked. Large portions of stores and pavilions in the city were damaged. " have you ever heard of a semicolon? If so, combine these sentences with such feature.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
" Early on August 2, it weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression several hours later, shortly before dissipating over southern Alabama.[2]" separate these two sentences.
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"The city of Carrabelle was devastated, with only nine houses remaining." to "The city of Carrabelle was devastated as only nine houses in the city remained."
YEPacificHurricane
" According to the mayor, about 200 families were left homeless." Does the mayor have a name? Or did he go around with no name and wrote no name on his SAT papers?
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"One fatality occurred in Carrabelle when a house collapsed on a woman, Mary Williams; numerous other people in the area sustained injuries.[4] " we don't usually mention names of people affected by hurricanes unless notable (like Tim Duncan) :P
YEPacificHurricane03:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)reply