Talk:Night of the Big Wind

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Damaged 25% of Dublin - or 25% of a quarter of Dublin?

Came here to read more because Wiki's mainpage On this day says the storm "swept across Ireland ... damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin", which is a HUGE toll. But then found an inconsistency here. The article's "Meteorological situation" section says similarly that "Between a fifth and a quarter of all houses in Dublin suffered damage ranging from broken windows to complete destruction", but the article Intro says something quite different - it says "20% to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed". NORTH Dublin is (geographically) only one quarter of the city, so "20% damaged" in the north quarter equates to only "5% damaged" in terms of the whole city. I hate to sound picky, but either the Intro fact-description is incorrect, or else the Meteo-section (and Wiki's On-This-Day") fact-description is incorrect. I suspect it's the latter, with someone dropping the word "north" for greater space or greater effect, without realising the consequences. Hopefully someone with specific knowledge can clarify the area and/or degree of damage accordingly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pete Hobbs (talk • contribs) 06:57, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The storm attained a very low barometric pressure of 918 hPa (27.1 inHg)

Query this. Irish Times article claims lowest recorded pressure in IRL is 927hpa Here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/living-with-high-pressure-1.27339#:~:text=The%20average%20value%20of%20atmospheric%20pressure%20over%20Ireland%20is%20about%201013%20hectopascals. 2001:BB6:3E28:9758:C581:C802:7F37:C7CE (talk) 23:15, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]