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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane warnings and watches are posted. Hurricane Katrina continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. The forecast models continue to converge upon New Orleans. However, all interests in the northern Gulf of Mexico should follow the path of this very large and dangerous storm, and be prepared for a major hurricane landfall. There have been reports of coastal animals leaving in droves for higher ground. Meanwhile, New Orleans continues to suggest that residents evacuate.
The following links are self-updating:
Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Navy Storm Track
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi
Buoy Data Florida
Images:
New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait
Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop
Northwest Florida Long Range Radar
Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop
Other Resources:
Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics
Live streaming:
copy/paste into player:
WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
| 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 |
Oh--this is as bad as it gets. The patients have been abandoned.
that may be preferable however, the lake being pushed into the city, rather then a dome of water from the ocean coming in along with that eastern part of the eye.
I hope FEMA has some huge pumps.
44,000 dead?
I'd hate to see the predictions if Katrina was coming in a little more to the west - with NO being in the upper right quadrant of the storm!
Less than 20 miles southeast of Port Fourchon is the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), built by a group of major oil and pipeline companies. It serves as the central unloading and distribution port for all incoming supertankers to the Gulf region. The supertankers offload crude oil into LOOP’s offshore pipeline continuously. The oil is then piped north to Lafourche Parish where it is stored and piped to markets all over the country.
Talk about Homeland Security -- This is almost directly south of New Orleans. Apparently, the oil companies have provided no redundancy in this critical infrastructure.
Fox interviewed a vacationing couple who are stuck there (no more rental cars and there are no flights out). They had purchased beer and munchies to ride it out in a hotel room. yike.
That nurse should be given a medal.
For the life of me, I cannot understand what this "plan" we have always heard NO has to handle this is.
Is it prayer and hoping the POTUS calls and orders them to evacuate?
Why would they do that?
That's not too crazy of a prediction. We may see what is essentially a Category 6 hitting the worst possible location. The only thing worse is if it hooked in from the west and wiped out the majority of oil rigs.
Sorry, I thought she was in MO from a crawfish discussion many years ago. She is in LA and from a post was going to Atlanta this afternoon to see daughter and BB King. Sorry my cntrl C didn't grab it. If you search FR for her posts you can get there faster...
I am having trouble getting my arms around it myself.
The loss of life, the destruction of property, the effect on the oil industry, the incompetence of the local officials.
Like watching an impending train wreck in slow motion. Only so much worse.
Folks down there are in our prayers. We'll keep praying for a miracle.
I remember riding out a storm there in 1978 or 1979, I don't remember exactly when, but it was just a mild storm by hurricane standards and the whole west bank was under two feet of water. The storm sewers just couldn't handle it.
Unless they've done MAJOR renovation to their drainage, they're toast.
very low
"An "after Katrina" map of off-shore oil rigs remaining might prove to be interesting..."
I was thinking that maybe I should skip all the stress of this and just catch it on the History Channel at a later time.
couldn't suppress the giggle. Thanks, I needed that.
"the incompetence of the local officials."
You can say that again.
Now That's funny! He's going to be really mad when he gets there and Greta is sitting in her director's chair, interviewing the FEMA Director!
he is the disater manager for that part of louisiana. he says he has been studying the effects of this for years.
Red Cross is an excellent place to donate. They do a great job with the money they get and they get to the disaster area faster than almost anyone else.
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