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Hurricane Allen

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This article seems to lack information about several aspects such as preparations made besides watches and warnings, the impact in Haiti, and aftermath, the last of which there is no section for. Also, the impact section overall looks small for a storm this deadly. —JCMLuis 💬 18:30, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

JCMLuis please remember to notify WikiProjects and significant contributors to articles when nominating GARs. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:27, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd argue that a storm from 1988 likely is not going to be as complete as we may like for a modern system of this strength and deadliness. But I'm willing to help keep this at a GA if you could detail some more specific places in the prose where it's lacking. Jay Tee⛈️ 21:32, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JayTee32:

In the meteorological history section, the third and fourth paragraph is almost entirely supported by one source, being HURDAT, but it failed to verify the text. It could probably be supported by this report or this website.

Done The entire Met history was a mess of outdated operational data and reports. I consolidated it into five references: two post-storm reports, HURDAT, and two operational discussions for variety. Jay Tee⛈️ 19:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The preparations section is missing information about evacuations and measures taken by national governments, and maybe assistance from organizations or other nations before the storm's arrival (if there was any). There is a report on Haiti by USAID that I think contains a lot of useful information.

Done Added a paragraph with information from the report to preparations, will extend on in aftermath. Lmk if you find more sources for preps. Also worth noting that two giant paragraphs with the exact timing of all the watches and warnings is probably superfluous but I didn't touch it in respect to whoever added it during this article's first GA review. Jay Tee⛈️ 05:35, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some details in the impact section can be extended with the report on the season by Miles B. Lawrence and Joseph M. Pelissier, though I'm not sure which.
There's likely a lot of newspapers that can bring up information that could be put into the article, such as this newspaper.
And of course, there is no section for the aftermath, which I think the Haiti report could be useful in.

—JCMLuis 💬 23:38, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JCMLuis Thank you for the checklist, and thank God for Thanksgiving break. I'll get to work on this next week. Jay Tee⛈️ 00:56, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]