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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: EBH; Overtaxed

Didn't think of that....seriously what happens with all those people and their personal business? (I didn't see any porta facilities?)


121 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:15 PM PDT by justche (No one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start now and make a brand new ending)
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To: dakine

well, where is this thing going to hit then in your opinion?


122 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:23 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Txsleuth

I hope Shep will be able to get to the roof, or at least someplace higher. From what I remember, there are taller buildings there, but it sounds like the one he's in will be underwater before this is over.


123 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:24 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: mhking; EBH

Re: Shep - I thought I heard a bit of fear in his voice a little while ago--I think the coat hanger latches at the Royal Sonesta sent him a message.


124 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:41 PM 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: Ingtar

I'd like to know when they plan on opeing more...After it hits full force. This is folly.


125 posted on 08/28/2005 2:52:49 PM PDT by travelagent (Ohio)
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To: LadyBuzz

I'm having positively GHOULISH feelings about the Superdome. This just has the ring of tragedy.

;(``


126 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:00 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

The mayor (I think) of NO was just asked on wwl tv if the price for a barrow of oil would go to $70.00

His reply was that "I think it will go higher than that"


127 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:00 PM PDT by Revel
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To: mhking

Nagin: superdome open as last resort; 25-30,000 there; still nervous, not opening up other shelters; next phase 6 PM curfew---this will be last pick-up; curfew means lockdown no police, fire, ems services, except some police; will be pounded 14 hours; expect devestation, collapsed buildings,national guard, lots of boats in streets, most buildings expect to survive 165 mph, few 200 mpn, very naive to not expect casualties, so much water will topple levees; parts of city may be uninhabitable for a while; two weeks to drain city, pumps inoperable when submerged, max output of pumps 1 to 1.5 inches per hour; electricity maybe 6 weeks to get back, maybe a whole lot quicker for water;not really concerned about toxic water--pumps to be flushed just before storm; "its gonna be a mess;" white house called Pres ready to move in and help; pipelines if shut will cause big jump in oil prices to over $70; "God bless us;" people calm, no violence; people need axes to bust through roofs to avoid flooding;need to be above 2nd floor.


128 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:04 PM PDT by Founding Father (According to the Pres, I'm a vigilante; according to me, he's a Fox butt kisser)
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To: oceanview
do they have so little faith in their populace, that they have to do weapons and contraband searches for a public emergency like this?

You must not have been to New Orleans after dark before......

129 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:04 PM PDT by myprecious
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To: NautiNurse

You called it. Bastardi called it too. I am sure you would rather be wrong. This is just absolutely horrible.

Prayers to these people. They are gonna need it.

It seems to have jogged west. NO is squarely in the cross hairs now.

TD-13 just formed in the Atlantic.


130 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:11 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (It's called having class.....)
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To: NautiNurse

Probably.....


131 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:11 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Txsleuth

I'm concerned about Shep. Bourbon Street is not the place to be to ride out this storm - even in a 7th story hotel room. Prayers up for Shep and his fellow media guys.


132 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:11 PM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: commish

"NO may be uninhabitable after this and the storm could concievably change the path of the Mississippi, with the effect of access to the Port of NO being cut off."

I hope the Superdome is built better than the World Trade Centers.

Why are people going into a single structure is beyond me . Is it the highest elevation around?


133 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:11 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: Warren_Piece

Just like a woman!


134 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:18 PM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
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To: vox humana

Before this is over, people will be wiping their b*tts with Red Cross hamburgers.


135 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:22 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: WestCoastGal
a chemical plant area probably spilling the chemicals in the water,

I think that part is hype. Having been in and around chemical plants on the Gulf Coast for years - they are prepared better than most for this scenario.

136 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:32 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: maggief
"Super Toilet Bowl"..LOL. Got to have a little humor, maggie!

sw

137 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:38 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: Beelzebubba

Beautiful picture. I was on a balcony on Bourbon Street about 2 months ago, throwing Mardi Gras beads to the crowd below. It was so much (clean) fun. At one point I looked down Bourbon at the sea of people moving up and down the street as far as the eye could see, with those historic buildings on both sides. It was such a sight... How little did I know that that might be the last time I'd ever see that view. Makes me start crying all over again.


138 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:41 PM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: Warren_Piece

They just got it completed. Many dunes had just completed being replentished, HWY98 was just repaired.

As of this afternoon, dunes are gone again, boardwalks already getting beaten, Holiday Isle and HWY 98 washing over.

All I can say is that it could've been much worse had the storm taken the track they were showing Friday morning


139 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:48 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: NautiNurse

Does anyone know about the buoy's out from N.O. in the Gulf? Last night they were talking on Fox News or the National Hurricane Center about waves at 30 feet. Do we know about the buoy's today right now closer in to N.O.?


140 posted on 08/28/2005 2:53:59 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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