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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: Torie

You need Google Earth.


661 posted on 08/28/2005 10:53:29 AM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: SamAdams76

where is Orlando Salinas reporting from?


662 posted on 08/28/2005 10:53:41 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: NautiNurse

Between Hammond and Covington off of Highway 40. I am across the highway from the Global Wildlife Preserve. I am high up in elevation and don't worry about floods. The problem I have is falling trees. Fortunately, when I built I removed every tree away from the perimeter of the house that could fall on it.

Pelican Five


663 posted on 08/28/2005 10:53:41 AM PDT by Pelican 5 (Save the whales. Collect the whole set!)
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To: don-o
don, it is a fast moving thread. I have aheck of a time keeping up with it and probably have missed several messages addressed to me.

Most freepers understand that with events like this, not all posts addressed to a person will be answered.

664 posted on 08/28/2005 10:53:46 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: wrenn1010
Wow, they crucified evang as they did Christ Himself!

Idiotic remarks on this thread will have awkward consequences. You are next.

665 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:10 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: tomkat

" Nothin' wrong w/requesting confirmation, especially w/the implications involved here."

Exactly my point. Many of us are interested in what is going on down there, and want to make sure we are getting accurate info.


666 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:14 AM PDT by Altamira (Get the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN!)
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To: brytlea
I wish someone would invent a way of keeping food cold that didn't require either electricity or a gas powered generator. susie

susie, there are absorption-type refrigeration units that use a flame- usually bottled gas. They are ( or were ) common in marine applications where a big electrical system is not available. The downside ( as I recall, it's been 35 years or more ) is that they are expensive compared to units that run off household electricity.

667 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:34 AM PDT by backhoe (Reporting from beautiful Brunswick, Ga.)
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To: NautiNurse
1 PM advisory still has winds at 175, but Pressure down to 906.

906 is indicative of 190 MPH winds. A Recon Plane is in the hurricane and should be sending vortex info shortly (2 PM ET). I am really interested to see what the vortex readings are. KAT is still deepening and I would not be surprised to see 200 before the next ERC.

Inever thought I would pray for a storm to weaken to 160-170 MPH before landfall, Unbelievable.

906 now ties KAT with Mitch for the 6th lowest Pressure recording ever. Camille was 905. Gilbert was 888.

We are witnessing history my friends, and it is scary as hell and untterly heartbreaking to comprehend what is going to happen to the Gulf Coast in less then 24 hrs.

668 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:43 AM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: WNYLibertarian

man that sounds very very bad. Ketrina might miss NO, thought looks to still have a strong west component, NO might still dodge this bullet.


669 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:43 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: diogenes ghost

See my http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472323/posts?page=568#568

links inside refer to this event.


670 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:55 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: bored at work

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that this storm isn't turning north? If it keeps on this path and doesn't turn soon, won't that put it WEST of NO (wouldn't that be a worse case for them?) They are now saying Grand Isle but it sure doesn't look like it.


671 posted on 08/28/2005 10:54:55 AM PDT by greccogirl ("Freedom belongs to those who are willing to sacrifice the most for it")
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To: Tarpon
All doctors, fire and police were asked to stay.

What good can they do if they're flooded???? WHY would they leave hospital patients if flooding is immanent?

672 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:11 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: Txsleuth

I said last night that I thought the Superdome solution was a bad one, but I guess they don't have too many choices at this late moment.


673 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:11 AM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: oceanview

Orlando Salinas is in Gulf Shores, Alabama.


674 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:11 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my Pardon with HIS BLOOD!!! Hallelujah!!! What a Savior)
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To: NautiNurse

Just a thought: could two large, partisan, opposing logistical operations in Crawford be joined - into one American operation, helping fellow Americans in New Orleans and Mississippi?


675 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:12 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Pelican 5

Prayers for your safety. Please check in with us when you can. Take care!


676 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:18 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: oceanview
I disagree. if given the choice (a bad choice mind you), I would take the flooding from the lake, rather then the eastern part of the eye pushing the dome of water and 150MPH winds onto me from the sea.

I guess it's a choice between 30-40mph higher winds or more flooding. As you said, disasterous either way.

677 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:21 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: mabelkitty

speed is really picking up...may hit alot sooner then exspected..people will still be on the highway,,also big turn north now it looks like


678 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:23 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Beelzebubba

The usual crypts you see above ground are usually full of decomposed bodies and bones. Families move the caskets out, empty them into smaller groups, and then put the newly dead in. Of course, these are the really old ones.

They will get knocked over and damamged, but I doubt if you will see a lot of loose floating corpses. I am sure the motruaries have to make accomodations for that stuff when they constuct and bury the caskets.

Every business has their emergency plan stuff that the rest of us never think about or consider.


679 posted on 08/28/2005 10:55:35 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: bwteim

"I thought it was squared. E.g. double the wind speed, quadruple the force."

No for some reason the standard 1/2 mv**2 doesn't apply in this case. I'm weak on hydraulics, but the data and formulae I've seen indicate a spread in wind load values, depending on conditions, with the power generally a product of the velocity cubed.


680 posted on 08/28/2005 10:56:03 AM PDT by jeffers
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