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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: Leapfrog
NO westbound towards Houston?

I've heard/seen that too! Why no westbound evacuations? Isn't the projected path east so the people heading to Mobile aren't exactly going where it's clear. What am I missing?

2,201 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:24 PM PDT by Lacey
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To: dawn53

they are claiming 72K may fit in the super dome.


2,202 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:29 PM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
How nice of Fox News to put on the VP of an energy TRADING company to fuel market hysteria on Monday. No vested interest on his part, no siree...

Wasn't that just awful?

2,203 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:34 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: alancarp

I was frankly wondering if this was going to hit in the middle of the night, not 8 a.m. or so as earlier thought....when I checked the sat earlier this afternoon.

I was like "wow...it is pretty close and going pretty fast."


2,204 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:34 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: Cementjungle

They closed the bridges because the wind speeds have passed some threshold they've set.


2,205 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:39 PM PDT by Warren_Piece (Nashville, TN)
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To: steveegg; mhking
Thanks for providing those media links.

It looks like the cams on nola.com are out (at least, they didn't work for me).

2,206 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:40 PM PDT by GiveEmDubya
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To: dawn53
Is there a screening process going on as they enter?

Apparently that is exactly what they are doing. Now interviewing a lady who has been standing in line 3 hours waiting to get in.

2,207 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:43 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: pierrem15
"Based on your "after Katrina" map of the oil rigs (LOLOL!); my wife and I just went out and filled our gas tanks for $2.46. I have a feeling that will be considered CHEAP in the near future."

"Just did the same. Ony I wish I had paid $2.46 (paid $2.97 at the cheapest station around)."


Ditto. There's a privately-owned (non-franchised) gas station near us that has regular for $2.45 and premium for $2.65 (they don't have 89 octane). We just topped off. After tomorrow we might not see prices like these again for a long time. The Philly/PA refineries are just a couple of miles from here, so gas is normally cheap, but PA's %$*^%& $0.31 gas tax doesn't help >:^(
2,208 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:53 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: Flyer

We came awfully close with Andrew, had the storm been only five miles north of where it hit, the damage totals would have probably been tripled as Miami would have been devastated. Scary considering how costly it was, as it was.


2,209 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Flyer
I dread the day we get a storm near this magnitude. There are so many here that have never experienced a hurricane.

And so much new development all along the coast.

I know.

I'd be long gone.

I'd have been packed on Friday and out early Saturday.

2,210 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:54 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: alancarp

the bad news is this means even less time to evac


2,211 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:57 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: Cementjungle

The governor of LA said mid-morning? FNC meteorologist just said 3-4 AM!


2,212 posted on 08/28/2005 2:13:58 PM PDT by Trust but Verify (Get over yourselves!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

"The Pitt theater, and the first time I saw It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with my dad..."

Bless you for sharing these memories. Makes me feel like I'm closer to visualizing the childhood home of my best friend and closer to him as well. He would have loved reading this stuff and adding his own stories. He had a role as an extra in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I remember him trying to point himself out, "Up there! On the left! Did you see me?"


2,213 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:00 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Dog

Thank Mike. He put the list together; I just got it up first.


2,214 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:08 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: toomanygrasshoppers

The look on their faces was astounding. Bland, like a brick wall. Not one iota of panic. Then on the weather channel earlier someone who's been through many of these really bad storms down there said the big danger afterward with flooding is poisonous snakes seeking the high ground, and pretty soon there you are, surrounded by snakes. He said many people get bitten and die. This is under-reported, too. Along with electrified water...where you step into water that has downed live power lines in it and get zapped.


2,215 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:17 PM PDT by hershey
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To: nwctwx

Thanx, Ian. Godspeed to everyone in harm's way.


2,216 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:17 PM PDT by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: Txsleuth

Janice Dean on Fox has been on the brink of tears all day.


2,217 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:23 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: sageb1

God bless this woman on Fox.


2,218 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:30 PM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: Willie Green
I'm beginning to wonder how he got this gig instead of Whorealdo.

Didn't Whorealdo just have another kid in the last year? As much of a Whorealdo as he is...he still has a wife who might have been able to put a foot down.

2,219 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:40 PM PDT by conservative cat
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To: MissP-38

Ummmm... I was talking about the Ark of the Covenant... yeah, that's it.

I'll go hang my head in shame now.


2,220 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:45 PM PDT by nhoward14
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