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

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Hurricane Hugo wiped out my sewer. A fallen tree's branch pierced the pipe and blocked it. Took a few days to notice. Sure surprised my neighbors, as my toilet was backing up into their apartment.

It's always good to have a back up to your emergency plans and supplies. Natural gas lines can be wiped out by the same type of event that got my sewer. We only had a few areas that had this but it still can happen.

[Black Tooth]

They are talking about setting up refugee camps for up to a million people north of NO.

WOW!

[jdm]

"TWC just said that the eye is 38 miles in diameter."

Thanks for the confirmation. 50 sounded a bit high.

[tiredoflaundry]

We're reacting a few hours too late. :(

I heard that & my stomach flipped!

[mhking]

I truly don't know.

[Dog]

I will be..

[sageb1]

I know there are a lot of websites on New Orleans and LA, but I hope people are collecting and saving as many "before" pics as possible. My dearest friend, who died last year, was born in Orleans Parish and grew up in Jeff Parish. He was a fabulous story teller. I remember him talking about learning how to dance for the balls and performing before the King. He wanted to take me down and give me the royal tour from his childhood, but he got too sick. The best he could muster was beignets and cafe du monde at Underground Atlanta. Plus, he taught me how to make a real mean red beans and rice :)

[Howlin]

Is that what Cantore said?

[Dog]

Sorry.

I= It.

[deport]

Thanks for the link and info. This storm appears to carry high wind strength out from the eye thus making for a long duration of wind over one area and a wider area.

[mercy]

They're now talking about the probability of 1,000,000 refugees in the aftermath of this storm. This could be the end of NO. You sure wouldn't get me to rebuild in that swamp.

[Diddle E. Squat]

If anyone has contacts at Fox, can you ask them to please get some new video besides the one with the shaking dog and the guy putting up plywood bending over to showcase his buttcrack?

[Black Tooth]

They are talking about setting up refugee camps for up to a million people north of NO.

And they added, for possibly months to come.

[StayAt HomeMother]

As this monster approaches, may I suggest y'all put your current locations in your taglines?

[mware]

Superdome Statistics
Total Land Area: (building, garages, and grounds) 52 acres
Height: 273 feet (82.3 meters)
Diameter of Dome: 680 feet (210 meters)
Area of Roof: 9.7 acres
Interior Space: 125,000,000 cubic feet
Total square footage: 269,000 sq. ft. (82,342 sq. meters)
Main Arena: 166,180 sq. ft. (50,685 sq. meters)
Convention Concourse: 76,711 sq. ft. (8,261 sq. meters)
Concrete: 169,000 cubic yards (131,820 cubic meters)
Structural Steel: 20,000 tons (18,200 metric tons)
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons (8,190 metric tons)
Meeting Rooms (200 Loge Level): Four 19,000 square foot quadrant rooms (each divisible into 6 individual rooms, 28 smaller reception rooms)
Rest rooms: 102 (51 women's & 51 men's)
Private Box Suites: 137
Parking Capacity: 5,000 cars & 250 buses
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons
Lighting: 19,507 fixtures utilizing 27,869 lamps
Video System: 2 DiamondVision panels, each 28'7"x 36'3"
Scoreboards: 4 message/scoreboards, each 8'x 88' 2 out-of-town scoreboards, each 4.5'x 46'
Electrical Wiring: 400 miles (640 kilometers), including fiber optic lines
Anodized Aluminum Siding: more than 550,000 sq. ft.
Escalators: 42
Elevators: 14 (9 passenger & 5 freight )

[shield]

Steve Lyons of TWC, says Katrina has turned more north.

[samantha]

That is probably why he knows N.O.,he was practically next door. I think Fox puts Shep on the big stories because he is young,seasoned,cocky and thinks on his feet. I remember they got him out of bed to come in for big stories During the initial huge stories of the Iraqi war,and the Shuttle disaster.

[4everontheRight]

"Biloxi, and he's no longer on the beach. He's headed into the Biloxi Coliseum as the storm gets closer."......

Not going to do him much good....the coliseum sits right across Hwy 90 from the beach. All he did was cross the street