299:"Over the past few decades, approximately 100 acres (0.40 km2) of the historic San Jacinto battleground has been submerged, Sylvan Beach, a popular destination in La Porte, has been severely eroded, and the once prominent Brownwood neighborhood of Baytown has been abandoned." - interesting stuff, but I feel like you're either missing a semicolon, or something with the listing just feels off.
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Thanks for reviewing this! As a note, I'm not the main writer of this article, but I've been trying to organize and clean it up to the GA standard, and a second set of eyes is very helpful for spotting places it needs more polish. I've tried to address all of these now; let me know what else you see!
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Trinity River had carved a 170-foot (52 m) deep canyon through present-day Bolivar Roads on its way to the coast." - I think that should be "farther", because it refers to distance. Also, could you mention what Bolivar Roads is here? You mention it in the
274:" The city of Galveston became a major U.S. commercial center for shipping cotton, leather products and cattle, and other goods produced in the growing state." - the listing seems off by having "leather products and cattle, and" - why not "leather products, cattle, and other goods..."?
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I've changed it. Also, I'm not convinced that the plane crash is significant enough to merit mention here (presumably other people have died on this bay in boating incidents, near it in automotive collisions, etc.). If you support, I'll probably just cut that sentence.
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All in all it's a good read. I was curious about the article because I'm quite familiar with Ike/Harvey/1900 Galveston storm. The article did a good job covering the important points of the topic, so I don't think my comments should be too difficult to address. ♫
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The climate section could be a good spot to mention Ike and Harvey. Sure, both storms are technically "history", but they're pretty recent events, and their long term history isn't really known yet. Even the Ike Dike is still just a
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