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]

steve lyons on TWC now - says Mobile is in the clear now - the forecast track is moving slightly west, as other have noted here.

[Revel]

"Shep Smith reporting right now about all the people still partying in bars, he's right on Bourban St. and says people all over the place, none evacuating!! Amazing!"


Kind of like sticking up your middle finger to God.

[RDTF]

Makes you really like her, doesn't it?

[SE Mom]

Is it time for a new thread? This is really moving fast.

It's all beyond words at this point...

[hole_n_one]

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

I'd fire her ass on Monday.

[alancarp]

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.

You're right: the speed-up mean a hit at roughly 4AM now. And the bridges typically close once sustained winds reach 50 mph -- and that's starting to occur at the end of the delta already.

[fox0566]

Janice seems to be a very emotional person. I remember back when the tsunami hit around Christmastime, and Janice thought one of her old friends had become a victim because no one had heard from him. She was on Fox & Friends talking about it at the time, and she broke down in tears. As it turned out, her friend had left the area just before the tsunami hit, so he was okay.

I know that reporters aren't supposed to show emotion when reporting, but to me, it is refreshing to see that all those in the news business are not simply a bunch of emotionless robots.

[small voice in the wilderness]

There IS another place they could go besides Bourbon Street. Personally, I would find the nearest church and use my party time for prayer time. I just can't imagine being sloshed at a time like this.

[mware]

I sent Fox News an article from last year where the owners of the Super Dome said that he did not know if it would withstain 200 mph winds because of the tall buildings that could result in wind sheer problems.

[2nd amendment mama]

Yeah, you may be right about those 2 but I'd be amazed if there were many more.

[Northern Yankee]

Yep... Cat 1 accounts come to mind immediately from that last storm.

This is unimaginable to me.

[oceanview]

when the thunderstorms start coming in, those people standing on that superdome line are going to riot.

[cyncooper]

What is your problem?

Not content to cast a bad light on conservatives yesterday by ripping up a pro-Bush supporter's sign at the Crawford rally, you now are posting racist crap.

What a cretin.

[mathluv]

The Fox reporter just mentione 'wanding', so I guess so.

[ladyinred]

This is just horrible. Prayers going out for all of those in the path of this monster Hurricane. I have family in Baton Rouge, hopefully they are all safe.

[RightWhale]

Yeah, I was just looking at one that shows shipping containers on the wharf. Be interesting to see how they do in a stiff wind.

[Moose4]

For those of us who aren't from the area, is Plaquemines Parish east of New Orleans proper? I know from reading earlier that Jefferson Parish is west of NO, south of Lake Ponchartrain. The stuff I'm reading on here from Plaquemines sounds positively apocalyptic.

}:-)4

[HoHoeHeaux]

I hope you keep posting that link on every thread. And I wonder just how many threads it will take to get through this?

This is looking like The Perfect Hurricane, isn't it?
)o:

[steveegg]

I wouldn't say Mobile is in the clear. It just won't catch the eye. It should still catch hurricane-force winds though.

[NautiNurse]

was thinking the same thing. Will start working on it.