Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V

NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans is finally underway. Louisiana officials are warning of complete failure to levy systems, and pleading with people to leave low lying areas. For those who choose to stay, they are recommending picks and axes for breaking through to access their roofs during flooding.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be rushing hurricane preparations to completion.

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

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

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:

http://www.wjbo.com - BR radio station. Callers calling in and describing traffic etc.
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
WKRG-TV/DT Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
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

[tiredoflaundry]

Free Dominion is always there for us!

[Howlin]

This is just amazing to hear, isn't it?

[nina0113]

And what if it survives destruction but is surrounded by water filled w/debris, dead animals, sewage, live snakes, etc.?What then?

The rainfall that flows back down the river is going to wash all the wreckage out to sea.

[al baby]

They'll need to hustle out; helicopters and hurricane-force winds don't mix too well

As long as the rotor blades turns counter to the hurricane your ok

[mikrofon]

Someone should tell these people that the storm going down to 902 millibars does not mean that many establishments are still open...

[maggief]

Could be 'last call' for those folks on Bourbon Street.

[RobbyS]

Let us hope it is hype. New Orleans is as vunerable as Galveston in 1900 was to a "perfect storm."

[Rose in RoseBear]

"Interred" or "laid to rest" are better descriptions.

Since the water table is so high, digging down six feet is impractical. So everyone is laid to rest in above-ground tombs/vaults/masoleums.

[pax_et_bonum]

I hope the Superdome will be okay!

I just wouldn't want to bet my children's lives on it.

[mware]

“Only in dire emergencies. The Superdome is not a shelter,” said Curl.

According to Curl, the assumption that the Superdome can withstand hurricane force winds is just that: an assumption. He says more analysis is needed to determine what the Dome can actually withstand because previous wind studies have become somewhat irrelevant since they did not factor in the new high-rise buildings around the Dome.

“They create a wind tunnel effect and that needs to be tested. There were initial studies that indicated 130 miles per hour, but we don’t know,” said Curl. He adds that the Dome is not impervious to the same elements other areas would be exposed to.

“If we were to lose power, if we were to lose plumbing facilities, if a storm were to hit and create flooding in the area; the Superdome would not be a desirable place to be,” he said.

[Laurita]

Lord have mercy. 0100 is supposed to be high tide in Grand Isle.

[spectre]

Well, those people can yuk it up now, but when it hits, they'll be singing a different tune.

Better safe than sorry.

sw

[abb]

WWL TV Traffic info babe up again. Still gridlock on some roads. Video of I-10 eastbound stalled.

[conservativeinferno]

Note to Sam- without electricity you can't use your pumps. Keep on drinking Sam, keep drinking!

[oceanview]

Shep just said to this guy "the city's done". the guy is angry, Shep arguing with him now. The bar patrons are going to take out Shep any second now!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It was a friendly thing...he was my friend. I taught college at Delgado Community College while he was there. I used to hang out in his office and he would bum cigarettes off of me...I was slightly gap-toothed in those days, and plump, and enjoyed a good laugh...and thus he was telling me that as a gentle joke.

I loved that man. He had diabetic problems with his eyes, lost his vision, and got very, very depressed. He died a year after that happened. I still miss him.

[GRRRRR]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42040

This weather bouy south of Dauphin Isle, AL is reporting 24 foot waves and 35 kt winds.

[SlowBoat407]

And there's the plywood shot!!!!

[rwfromkansas]

902 MB!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JUST THE MOST FRIGHTENING STORM I THINK WE HAVE SEEN SINCE CAMILLE.....IT MAY END UP BEING WORSE!