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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

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

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:

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical
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To: Tuxedo

Bourbon Street must be giving up...Shep said that a lot of the businesses along that street haven't even boarded up their windows!


101 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:29 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: spetznaz

Winds are now too high and variable for any aircraft takeoff or landing operations.

Anything still at the NO airport when this hits is going to be trashed, but you can't get them off the ground in this stuff.


102 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:30 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Txsleuth

During the storm it should be bearable, as the outside temps will be much cooler.


103 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:34 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: EBH

Yikes, it could become a super toilet bowl. :(


104 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:46 PM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: All

Reading these threads is like watching a train wreck...Fortunately, I think a lot of folks are gonna be disappointed...


105 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:49 PM PDT by dakine
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To: Beelzebubba

I also thought this warning sounded too over-the-top to be real, but
IT IS!!

Scroll down a little on this page:

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/allwarnings.html

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!


106 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:52 PM PDT by Deo volente
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To: Warren_Piece

She is the trumping force here. She is the cause now, not the effect.


107 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:59 PM PDT by kx9088
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To: kx9088
Steal Iraqi oil.

Steal my foot. Just plain take it. They owe us...

108 posted on 08/28/2005 2:50:59 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: WestCoastGal

its madness. do they have so little faith in their populace, that they have to do weapons and contraband searches for a public emergency like this?


109 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:08 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Dog
It lacks any degree of professionalism

The dumb hair-doo is crying about nothing but hypotheticals.

110 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:13 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: WestCoastGal

I feel like I am watching the Titanic sink. The mayor of NO just doesnt recognize and iceberg when he sees it staring him in the face.

TWC just said possible weakening, but still catastrophic


111 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:16 PM PDT by del4hope (Here in Central Alabama...Battening Down the Hatches III)
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To: EBH

pressure up 1 mb, but probably just a fluctuation......looks dang strong


112 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:25 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: GOP_Proud
I'll never forget the pictures of all those people waiting to get into the SuperDome.

I am praying for each and every one of them.

113 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:38 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: Txsleuth

More heavy rain bands about to hit NO.


114 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:43 PM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent.)
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To: EBH
I can't see them using the ground floor of the super dome.

If the water starts coming in those people on the ground floor are going to try to climb into the stands.

The vision I am seeing is very ugly if that happens.

115 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:47 PM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: mewzilla
Sure hope Shep and Geoff (Jeff?) will be safe.

Prayers for them and all in the path of Katrina.

116 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:53 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
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To: SE Mom

I, too, have a foreboding feeling that nothing will ever be the same again in New Orleans. I go there about 8 times a year for four days at a time for my work. Was supposed to go this week, and supposed to go in October. Now I wonder, as I pray and pray for my many friends from that area and my own beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast.


117 posted on 08/28/2005 2:51:53 PM PDT by pollyg107
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To: WestCoastGal
They had better open most of the doors at the Dome during the storm or it could crush like a tin can from the pressure.

Interisting how no official has mentioned that.

They have been talking about most windows blowing out in high rises. But no talking about the dangers at the Dame.

118 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:02 PM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: myprecious
How many rolls of paper?

The Red Cross will have a concession stand selling it. LOL

119 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:09 PM PDT by vox humana
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To: RDTF

That's why when we get hurricane warnings here in SC I make my plans to evacuate...I'd never leave my best friend behind!


120 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:10 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org • Self defense is a basic human right!)
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