Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Too many idiots like my dumb liberal sister and bil did not trust someone of East Indian ancestry. I made sure to remind them just how incompetant the dingbat was in the press conference.

1,201 posted on 08/27/2005 5:25:28 PM PDT by CajunConservative

Could give the term "dead drunk" a whole new meaning.

1,202 posted on 08/27/2005 5:25:30 PM PDT by dawn53

Right now, we are staying. Everyone around me seems to be doing the same....

1,203 posted on 08/27/2005 5:26:57 PM PDT by LA Woman3

here is a piece from scanbatonrouge yahoogroup:

Subject: Hurricane preparations and monitoring

With the approaching storm, many in our area are either getting out of
town or battening down the hatches. Now is the time to take care of
everything you need to do before it gets here. Once you've done
everything you can to prepare your family and home you may want to
settle in for some scanning.
During times like these you will hear lots of radio traffic. Some
things to keep an ear open for,
Local and State Police on their usual and standby (Tac) frequiencies.
Public Works/Maintiance channels. They will be busy before the storm
prepping things and then afterwards responding to many calls for
service.
and
"Public" services such as CB, FRS, GMRS and Ham Radio.
Right now I'm monitoring several bands.
I'm listening to the Iberville Sheriff's Office deputies as they are
checking with all of the area Gas stations to make sure they are ready
for the storm. I'm hearing things like, "The Tiger (truckstop) says
they just has a shipment this morning and are getting another fuel
truck in this evening." "The Chevron station owner says that he has
plenty with more on teh way tonight and should have gas as long as he
has electricity." "The Mobile says they will be out by this evening if
they don't get a truck soon." Ect..
Other public safety freqs I'm listening to include area Fire
Department page out frequencies.
Contraflow is set to begin at 4pm today and many evacuees will be
using radio to stay in touch. Monitoring CB channel 19 will get you
lots of highway information as you travel. At home I'm listening to
CB channel 9 for emergency trafic.
While CB is still an option, in the last few years many people have
purchased short range FRS radios. While at home I'll be monitoring
FRS channel 1.
On the GMRS band I'm keeping a radio tuned to the Baton Rouge GMRS
repeater at 462.675. This repeater has good range and is open to
anyone with a valid GMRS license.
The Ham radio bands are always active during storms as Hams provide
communications for relief agencies such as the Red Cross and the
Salvation Army. I'm monitoring the ham radio National 2 meter calling
freq of 146.52. If you have some of the area ham radio repeaters
programmed into your scanner you are certain to hear plenty of
traffic, from informal conversations on some machines to formal
directed nets to help with shelter operations.
I've received the following in an Email from the Ascension Amateur
Radio Club today,
" We have been activated by the Ascension OEP for the purpose of
emergency communications effective 3 p.m. Sunday August 28, 05.
Shelters will open at 5 p.m. Sunday August 28th,.
We are being called for all members, and any others that would like to
volunteer to assist in our role of providing Emergency communication's
for the Ascension OEP."
So if you live in the Ascension Parish area listen for shelter ops on
the AARC primary 2 meter repeater frequency of 147.225.
There's plenty of stuff to hear out there this weekend. Charge up your
batteries, put your emergency kit together and then sit back and
monitor the airwaves.

1,204 posted on 08/27/2005 5:27:12 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

D'oh! I live 20 miles from it and always mix the name up with the one in Kenner.

1,205 posted on 08/27/2005 5:28:41 PM PDT by mwp99

People that do not heed the warnings to evacuate put the fire, rescue, police etc. at risk when they have to go in and get them. Nagin should tell them if you don't leave you will just have to wait until this is over to be rescued. Sink or Swim.

1,206 posted on 08/27/2005 5:28:46 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)

To: rwfromkansas

gfdl shows 918 MB well offshore still and 920 at new Orleans...likley even lower between the two

1,207 posted on 08/27/2005 5:30:40 PM PDT by janetjanet998

those people will drink right through it....those bars wont close down!

drink water

1,208 posted on 08/27/2005 5:33:34 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))

New Orleans Streaming Music Online Lots of good old New Orleans jazz

1,209 posted on 08/27/2005 5:34:38 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

The pressure at the surface is extrapolated (EXTRAP) from the 700 mb level in order to get an estimate. (The hurricane hunters can't actually fly near the surface, they fly above where the winds are less violent (This is true for warm core cyclones, winds decrease with height, which is the opposite for cold core cyclones (the typical L's that you see at the midlatitudes on a weather map)) It says the height where 700 mb is found is at 2604 meters, so they use an equation that estimates what the pressure would be if you brought a parcel of air at the 700 mb level down due to the surface.

Thanks, that makes perfect sense.

1,210 posted on 08/27/2005 5:34:56 PM PDT by snowsislander

To: CajunConservative

You are exactly right....he (Jindal)was too dark for the Republicans and too light for the Democrats. What a shame. He would have been awesome for Louisiana.

1,211 posted on 08/27/2005 5:35:18 PM PDT by LA Woman3

get out NOW..and i mean NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT wait i am been tracking storms for 20 years and have never seen anything like this..expect gilbert and mitch..
the storm is bombing now....and growing in size..even if iy mises you by 20 miles you will still get cat 3 winds when a large wind field forms

1,212 posted on 08/27/2005 5:36:42 PM PDT by janetjanet998

1,213 posted on 08/27/2005 5:38:07 PM PDT by Torie

Those bars will flood, several drunks will drown. It's really like watching one of those disaster movies. "Hurricane", instead of "Twister" or "Earthquake".

1,214 posted on 08/27/2005 5:38:15 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)

1,215 posted on 08/27/2005 5:39:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Fox reporter says that thee are many foreign tourists in NO, and that they apparently are unaware a hurricane is coming. Said he had people come up to him on the street where he was broadcasting and asked him if he was making a movie. He told them he was covering the approaching hurricane and they didn't know anything about it.

1,216 posted on 08/27/2005 5:39:09 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)

Yes he would have had things running smoothly and all the right resources ready to go. Let this be a lesson to all that dumb democrat women should never ever be elected to a position where lives depend on their ability to lead.

Anyway rant off about blanko. Look at this link for the latest maps, etc... It's out of Beaumont.

http://www.ih2000.net/ira/bmt-wth.htm

1,217 posted on 08/27/2005 5:39:48 PM PDT by CajunConservative

OMG--that is truly frightening.

1,218 posted on 08/27/2005 5:39:57 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Thanks for the info....we are actually closer to East Baton Rouge parish; northern Ascension.

1,219 posted on 08/27/2005 5:40:18 PM PDT by LA Woman3

To: CajunConservative

Nice site--I'll add the link to the next thread.

1,220 posted on 08/27/2005 5:41:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

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