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Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V
NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: shield
The mayor said the SuperDome can stand 200 mh winds.

Yes, but it was a gov't project managed by the city of New Orleans, right?

161 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:14 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (9-11 is your Peace Dividend)
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To: Pravious

The news from the President on Iraq was very important to say the least. They have agreed on a Constitution that ensures that everyone is equal under the law regardless of race, religion, or gender. That's hugh and series. I'd say he had a pretty good audience to get the news out since it doesn't seem that it would have any other way since it's all Katrina all the time.


162 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:31 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: beachnbummer

All I know is the pumps won't work if they're submerged.


163 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mware
Yeah, something like "the worst interview he ever did was with a guy describing how he was in the dark, in his attic with water up to his chin amongst the snakes."
164 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:39 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: spectre

This is from the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - this is the POTENTIAL this storm has

Worth repeating

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!


http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/la/hurricane.html


165 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:46 AM PDT by silentknight
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To: tomkat

Don't forget the fireants. Fireants rule the Southland and they will find a way to survive.


166 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:51 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Mid-life crisis in progress...)
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To: mhking
The building is built of reinforced concrete. It'll last. So will the people, provided they stay in the stands. It'll be one hell of a bumpy ride, but they'll survive.

And the Titanic was unsinkable

167 posted on 08/28/2005 10:00:55 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Howlin

Pumps don't work without electricity.


168 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:01 AM PDT by Torie
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To: bobdsmith

I'm sure they would add it if one ever got that strong.


170 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:25 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: spectre

How about the pollution from the 50,000 dead bodies floating in the water?


171 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:29 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
...and gators...Louisiana is going to be one BIG swamp.

I know this sounds insignificant right now, but I'm thinking of all the plantations from Baton Rouge to NO. All that beauty. Gone. With the Wind.

172 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:34 AM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: shield
The mayor said the SuperDome can stand 200 mh winds.

They are in troble then, Fox just reported wind gusts of 250mph.

173 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:34 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: travelagent

It is. It has to be periodically repaired from all the bullet hole damage from falling bullets.

BTW, I'm in Hammond, LA, and a Doctor, so I can't leave, but watching this thing closely.


174 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:49 AM PDT by Maury
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To: MizSterious

I think that sewage and other contaminents are going to be an even bigger problem than the critters :(


175 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: bobdsmith
What?! People are going to hide in a Stadium???

It was eleventh hour. They had obviously never "war gamed" for the Big One.

The Superdome will quickly become a disaster area when the juice goes out.

176 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:51 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: Mo1
"did you jsut hear the email the Brian Wilson read on FNC about the snakes?"

What did he say? I'm getting really tired of not having Fox. I essentially get no television news.

177 posted on 08/28/2005 10:01:54 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile.)
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To: Howlin

So what is the latest?


178 posted on 08/28/2005 10:02:05 AM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: asp1

Yes, they just mentioned locally that our local power companies are sending crews to help put the power back on once the hurricane subsides. Americans are good that way! :)


179 posted on 08/28/2005 10:02:18 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: willieroe

The Salvation Army has a hurricane relief fund:

https://secure1.salvationarmy.org/donations.nsf/donate?openform&projectid=USN-hurricane05


180 posted on 08/28/2005 10:02:20 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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