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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:
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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: janetjanet998

Weather girl is reading the entire thing on Fox right now -


741 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:28 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: mware

The poster janetjanet something never responded and posted nothing else. I'm done with it. Let's move on


742 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:28 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: NautiNurse

Prayed for all in the path of Katrina this morning at church. Stay safe everyone.


743 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:31 AM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone can ever imagine. He is solid as a rock)
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To: LA Woman3
4 PM CONTRAFLOW WILL STOP!

Huh? Why?

744 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: LA Woman3

When will they close the causeway? That will be a 24 mile? graveyard if it is left open too late.


745 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:38 AM PDT by chet_in_ny
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Don't they just shut the well blowout valves and flush the pipes? The blowout valves are usually on the sea floor, right?

That way a well platofrm that gets damaged, won't spill oil.


746 posted on 08/28/2005 11:04:53 AM PDT by Tarpon
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

LOL! SHIRLEY you jest, my good Cringing! There is ONE side which would be happy to do whatever they could to help. We know which side that is. The other side is passing a rumor around that Karl Rove was seen Saturday, boarding a helicopter bound for NO, with a packet of ACME Instant Hurricane seeds in his pocket.


747 posted on 08/28/2005 11:05:06 AM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: backhoe
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.

Well, maybe I can look into that. I have never thrown out so much food as I have since we've moved to S. FL. Thanks.
susie
748 posted on 08/28/2005 11:05:15 AM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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To: Republic
The evacuation was ordered around 9:30 CDT this AM by the mayor who had several news conferences yesterday. When asked by a reporter yesterday about a mandatory evacuation he said something like this "we are meeting with our attorneys to see if this can be done"! The man is a criminal!

He had his own family flown out of NO this AM but d/n order an evacuation until he got a phone call from GWB!

749 posted on 08/28/2005 11:05:28 AM PDT by Tarheel ( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
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To: spycatcher

OK, you win, hurricanes could very well cause earthquakes.


750 posted on 08/28/2005 11:05:47 AM PDT by Black Tooth
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To: shield

he didn't say "spared". he talked about the the flooding from the lake, but that is alot better then getting the eastern part of the eye.


751 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:23 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: chgomac

If they can just make it 24 hours, I'm sure there will be supply runs. That's another advantage of being at the Superdome. It will be the first place supplies are delivered to. Also, Charity Hospital would be a good place to go. If I were stuck and needed to find a place to congregate, that is.


752 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:27 AM PDT by Laurita ("That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart . . ."Henry V Act 4, Scene 3)
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To: Fudd Fan

They ran out of time to secure the rigs. Things happened too fast. People had to get out.


753 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:36 AM PDT by El Gran Salseron (The comments of this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own risk. :-))
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To: shelterguy

Scott Cowan sent out a notice yesterday that the campus is closed thru 9/1 and for studens/staff, etc. to "follow your own evacuation plan." THey tell incoming students/families to have an evacuation plan before getting to the campus, but who really does it ?


754 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:40 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Black Tooth

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread


755 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:52 AM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: NautiNurse

>>4 PM CONTRAFLOW WILL STOP!<<

From a west-coaster who is trying hard to grasp this...why in the He** would they do that????


756 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:52 AM PDT by sissyjane
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To: abb
Mobile area voluntary evacuations begun, per Seidel. Looking for 20' tides. That spells trouble for I-10 Bay Bridge.

The weather buoy South of Dauphin Island (AL), which is South of Mobile (AL), is reporting 20 foot seas. This is almost due East of the Mouth of the Mississippi River (the buoy).

On the West side of the Mississippi River, the waves are 13 foot.

That 7 foot difference between the East and West sides of the Mouth of the Mississippi is an indication that East of the Mississippi River is going to hit alot harder than the West side -- the rotation of the storm dictates that.

Hopefully the USS Alabama will still be intact or not listing to one side (after the storm has passed by)...

757 posted on 08/28/2005 11:06:56 AM PDT by topher (God bless and protect our troops and service personnel around the world)
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To: chet_in_ny
When will they close the causeway?

Dusk tonight, if memory serves.

758 posted on 08/28/2005 11:07:01 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: janetjanet998; NautiNurse; Fred Nerks

I've been following your posts here and on your thread, along with the ones at the weather forum. Thanks for the effort and the constantcy of updated info. to save lives. It is aprreciated more than you know.


759 posted on 08/28/2005 11:07:03 AM PDT by mother22wife21 (Welcoming Caleb 6lbs 10ozs 19.75 in at 9:20pm on 07/06/05.)
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To: janetjanet998

Where did you see the turn north? The latest blip I saw was to the west, which if it persisted would suggest the storm would go just west of NO rather than east, which MIGHT just the NO from the worst flooding. But I have NO expertise on this, and don't pretend to.


760 posted on 08/28/2005 11:07:22 AM PDT by Torie
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