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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.
Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.
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
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:
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
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 |
They also went out when the eye passed over thinking it was the end. They got caught when the other side came in.
If you ever get a chance to see the documentary about this don't miss it. It's facinating, not the least of which is the weatherman who lied to cover his rear end after it was over.
Agreed. Gov Blanko draws a blank on so many things but this will be her legacy.
FNC reporter is very wary about how the Superdome will fare.
What concerns me is how overconfident officals have been in descibing the Superdome, using the same supurlatives that were used about the "unsinkable" Titanic.
Pray that it does not become a giant death crater.
Thanks, I needed that laugh.
True.
I may go out now and fill up.
All foreign supertanker oil is delivered to NO?
Hard to believe.
Fa Shizzile my friend........:*)
FYI,...KLIF radio in D/FW is playing Fox TV over their radio station, for anyone planning on driving, or looking for a Fox streaming audio.
I'd swear Fox news is reading this thread. Samadams asks why nobody is broadcasting from inside the superdome. 3 minutes later Laurie asks the guy if he is going to broadcast from inside the superdome.....
Just listened to Jeff's report from outside the Superdome on FOX... he is nervous... said he's ridden out a lot of storms, but this one feels different... I'm worried about Shep down in the French Quarter, too.
"Husband doesn't know what those do, structurally. It is why he wants an inside view of the structure to see what is doing what..."
I don't know what they do structurally either, but it's a safe bet they transfer lateral load to either the main roof or the sidewall below the parapet. Either way, it doesn't matter as much where they transfer the load as the dimensions of the struts themselves. They look pretty skinny, more like tensile members and not compression worthy.
Like another poster wrote:
"Above 175 mph, all bets are off." You pick your hole as best you can and move if you have to. A lot of people repositioned during the storm's peak in Galveston and survived to tell about it. I don't know how, but all that matters is that they did. Many of them had to swim for it too.
38,000 or so residents plus the vacationing crowd at the time.
Darwin awards granted. No contest.
Thanks Peach. I have tried to bring everything that could be a projectile indoors, save for the two St. Francis statues. We've moved the rocking chairs and tables indoors and we even took down the swings on the balconies. Trouble is, the house painters have their damn scaffolding all over the place. I think they'll be here in time to move it tomorrow morning.
(shrug) for what it's worth...
Statewide PA statistics
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Refining & Marketing (Downstream)
# Refineries: Distillation capacity of 770,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
* American Refining Group Inc. (Bradford @ 10,000 BCD)
* ConocoPhillips (Trainer @ 185,000 BCD)
* Sunoco Inc. (Marcus Hook @ 175,000 BCD)
* Sunoco Inc. (Philadelphia @ 335,000 BCD)
* United Refining Co. (Warren @ 65,000 BCD)
The joke here in the Philly/Delco area is not to worry about Cancer. You can't help but get it here ;^)
If that's the case...
Hi Laurie! I think you and Amy Kellogg are goddesses!!
Full Disclosure: just trying to lighten the tension :-)
""Supertankers cannot deliver cargo at NYC or LA? ""
"I find that VERY hard to believe"
Now way in NY - even modest size container ships have to offload some before they come to NY - lots of shoaling.
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