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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: brothers4thID

right


221 posted on 08/28/2005 10:06:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Maury

May God keep you safe. Please check in with us as often as you can.


222 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:02 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Republic

AMEN..the Pres can't do everything

we have State and local governments

for a reason...!!!!!!


223 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:09 AM PDT by PaulaB (Shine On You Crazy Diamond...)
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To: chet_in_ny

He is gone chet...one of the kitties got him.


224 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:11 AM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: NautiNurse
Found this chart ,, anything that exceeds the CAT 5 category, >155mph, qualifies to get super stuffed in front of it..

Prayers for All in the path of this super hurricane

Thanks for the threads.

Also: Only two Cat 5 hurricanes had developed this late in the season prior to Mitch, which is likely the strongest ever this late. In record, only two Category 5 storms have hit the US Mainland. AccuWeather notes that Mitch is one of only 9 Atlantic Category 5's in the last 30 years. They also explain, with a QuickTime Movie, why Mitch is so strong. If anything on this page seems to be wrong or you have questions, contact me.

Mitch was the first Category Five storm in the Atlantic since 1989 (Hugo).

Thanks to Ed, who researched the following at Purdue: Of the 23 Atlantic category 5 huricanes, since the first recorded in 1928, 16 (13 since 1960) hit the U.S. mainland. Also, there have only been two category 5 huricanes that formed in the month of October, Mitch and Hattie (10/27-11/01/1961) which made land over the Yucatan.

Strong Hurricanes/Typhoons
Name Basin Year Wind MPH Pressure MB
Typhoon Tip* Pacific 1979 190 870
Typhoon Zeb Pacific 1998 ??? <8724
Typhoon Gay Pacific 1992 185 872
Typhoon Keith Pacific 1997 190 872
Typhoon Joan Pacific 1997 ??? 872
Typhoon Ivan Pacific 1997 ??? 872
Typhoon Yuri Pacific 1991 175 885
Hurricane Gilbert Atlantic 1988 185 888
Typhoon Nancy3 Pacific 1961 213 888
Unnamed1 Atlantic 1935 160 8922
Hurricane Allen Atlantic 1980 190 899
Hurricane Linda Pacific 1997 185 900
Hurricane Camille Atlantic 1969 190 905
Hurricane Mitch Atlantic 1998 180 906

*-It is generally held that Typhoon Tip was the Strongest Hurricane on Earth
1 - The "Labor Day" Storm of 1935 is held as the Strongest Hurricane to Landfall in US but there is little reliable information on it. It almost certainly was somewhat stronger while over open water but records do not exist. Wind readings from that time are also questionable.
2 - The "Labor Day" pressure reading is from landfall. This is the lowest pressure ever recorded on the Mainland US
3 - Due to modern day (1992) research, the wind reading for Typhoon Nancy is generally no longer accepted (see FAQ)
4 - Infomation Sketchy - This is rumored to have gone above 8.0 on the Dvorak scale which would be <872mb

Thanks to the Central Atlantic Storm Investigators for help as always, esp.

225 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:13 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: MizSterious

The SUperdome was designed from the ground-up to be a hurricane shelter.


226 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:14 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: bobdsmith
Why doesn't a category 6 exist?

Reserved for Finger of God
227 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:17 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Dog
As they guy in Armaggedon said, "Worst possible scenario."
228 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:17 AM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: MizSterious

Sheesh...I go for a pitstop, come back and find too many posts to read!

I hope I didn't miss anyone cussing me out for something I said. Wouldn't wanna' miss THAT!!


229 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:25 AM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: Maury

BTW, I am at Jackson Barracks trying to rest after working the night shift. I am like you, I can't leave because of what needs to be done before, during, and after. I live in Folsom and hope that I have a place to go back to after this.

Pelican Five


230 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:36 AM PDT by Pelican 5 (Save the whales. Collect the whole set!)
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To: tscislaw

215 MILES PER HOUR


231 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:43 AM PDT by silentknight
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To: El Gran Salseron

You'd be surprised how many people don't have cars, or even know how to drive. NO has always had a pretty good public transportation system, and many people never saw the need to get a car--or at least that's how it used to be when I lived there.


232 posted on 08/28/2005 10:07:49 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: spectre
But all the history and charm of that wonderful old City will be gone forever. That's heart-breaking..

Not necessarily. Most western European cities were rebuilt to preserve the look of their medieval heritage. We did that for the much hated Nazi cities. New Orleans deserves no less.

234 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:06 AM PDT by null and void (Dingbat, please pick up the red courtesy phone...)
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To: NautiNurse

Ditto that on the prayers. My family has been praying and we prayed in church. God be with them!


235 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:11 AM PDT by tutstar (OurFlorida.true.ws)
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To: All
President Bush conference re Katrina coming up, per WDSU

If you are bandwidth challenged, you CAN turn off image display in your browser.

236 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:12 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: silentknight

The comment is gone; to bad the poster isn't.


237 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:15 AM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: evangmlw
You're another reason to root for the lions.

stfu

238 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:15 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: mewzilla

Do I understand this right? Did the POTUS really tell LA's gov and NO's mayor to order the evac?



In a word........YES.


239 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:26 AM PDT by SE Mom (Please drive with extreme courtesy- LA Governor Blanco)
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To: Howlin
Click here for a pic of what some of the pumps look like. Some of these are still in use apparently.
240 posted on 08/28/2005 10:08:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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