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

[oceanview]

I wonder if that trend will continue, we were just talking about that a few pages back, they keep showing a due north move to landfall, but the satellite imagery keeps showing a westerly component to the movement.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Amen.

[thecabal]

Try this stream of a local station:
http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx

[katykelly]

My Aunt and Uncle and all my cousins did not leave until 8:30 am today. They are on i-10 and as of an hour ago had not made it to Baton Rouge.

[NautiNurse]

Likely it's I-10

[Dog]

Thanks steve..

[bjs1779]

I'm beginning to wonder how he got this gig instead of Whorealdo.

Me too. Do you think it was an order or did they ask for volunteers?

[Veto!]

Sorry, leilani, about your family vault. Know how you feel. My grandmother is buried in Metarie too, but below ground. I'm totally devastated. She was the most-loved relative I ever had.

[Founding Father]

Per WWL--

All Plaquemines and southern Jefferson wet; 2.5 inches of rain per hour; expecting at least 20 ft storm surge; can't believe people still there; strong squalls moving through area; storm moving nnw; "strom will not miss us this time;" 15-20 inches of rain expected; pumps will be under water and useless; "we're talking about weeks not days for us to see water in town;" "we've run out of luck."

[hole_n_one]

[Cementjungle]

The bridges are now closed. There is no way out.

The govenor just said that its going to hit mid-morning so there's still time to get out. That sounds a little off to me.

[SauronOfMordor]

They say that the danger in a tornado is the sudden change of pressure as the funnel tracks over a house. The house will inflate and blow its boards all over the yard like it has exploded. The hurricane might have the same wind, but the change in pressure isn't so intense. The danger from flying objects would be the same.

I'm visualizing the roof of the Superdome if the eye passes directly over it

[Fudd Fan]

Regardless of what you think of Shep, his reporting today has been pretty bad IMO - to say nothing about how stupid it is for him to drive down into this especially when there are Fox reports already there. He seems to be jealous of them in a sick way for being in the true "eye of the storm." Reporters will ask someone who's just been through something terrible, 'how do you feel.' Well I wasn't surprised that he would be told that and I thought it was about time for it. This is not right or wrong, it's my opinion!

Your post was unclear and it looked to me like you thought I was calling you an idiot (although "idiot" wasn't in MY post).

[Abigail Adams]

Thanks for the links!

May God have mercy...

[fishntex]

Unbelievable, however from what I am hearing they have no place to go other than thier hotels. The hotels are not putting them out because all of their flights were canceled and they are stick in NO. I pray for their safety. I might feel better in a steel construction hotel than the super "full of people" dome.

Did you here the "none of your f*$^ing business" comment from a party goer?

[mabelkitty]

This is going to innoculate the placing of blame.
Proof all over the news today that people refused to leave, and those who did, did not appreciate being forced to go to shelters.
Stupid is as stupid does.
No way to spin this as "blame anybody but yourself for not heeding warning".

[kx9088]

You look at the sat pics and it looks like this thing is effecting weather off the coast of NC right now.

Think of it this way, many people that went through it in southern FL when it was just a Cat 1, they said it was the worst Cat 1 they've sat through. A friend of mine Ft. Lauderdale sat in his area it felt more like a Cat 2 and it wasn't even that bad where he was at compared to other areas.

Now it's a Cat 5. I certainly hope God is with those that are stuck in N.O. and anyone else in the war path of this woman on the worst PMS fit ever.

[mewzilla]

Well, I'm less worried about terrorists than a bunch of rumpswabs with firearms, knives, whatever. Evacuations are stressful, and these folks could be cooped up together in awful conditions for quite a while. I would hope the authorities are being careful.

[Revel]

"Shep ... drinking crowds getting bigger ... "


69 bear bottle drinkers at the bar- 69 bear bottle drinkers

Knock one down and wash him away

68 bear bottle drinkers at the bar.

[Txsleuth]

Janice Dean...the weather person on Fox just was saying it would happen earlier, like 4:00Am

THEN, she asked about the Superdome...she said she wishes she knew about its construction...and then hestitated, like she didn't want to say that she is not so sure it will withstand this storm....she seemed very reluctant to express opinion about that...scary!