Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI

NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[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

[Blennos]

I am in BR,,I was asking about bad for NO. For so many years I have heard about the doomsday scenario of a storm like this, I cannot imagine thousands dead.

We are in Baton Rouge as well. At this point there is no good outcome to hope for. NO will be severely damaged and BR will suffer moderate to severe damage. People think you are in New Orleans because you have "no" in your tag line.

[spanalot]

I thought Creedence was saying tane until I saw Ike and Tina Turner.

Her body language left no doubt.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:3UOHZbjN1ZMJ:sunsetgun.typepad.com/sunsetgun/2004/09/+%22pumped+a+lot+of+tang%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[cajungirl]

From our plane landing today, the old Miss Bridge in BR was bumper to bumper as was Airline Hwy north of the city.

[RDTF]

You wouldn't think that if you've ever lived in NJ. :)

[maquiladora]

well Hemmer just said good news it has weakened a bit - but then Bastardi said no way it really hasn't

It's kinda academic at this late stage. If you're huddled under some makeshift shelter are you gonna care less if it's blowing 167 or 169? I'm starting to think that it's too late for any weakening to have a major affect on the storm now.

[LibSnubber]

Dr. Walter Maestri, head of the Emergency Management Agency of Jefferson Parish (Metairie) said that if the city gets over 15 feet of water the pumps will be under water. They will not operate and it will take 60-90 days to rebuild the pumps. Which means, he said, New Orleans could be under water for as long as six months.

[Windcatcher]

I don't want us touching the SOR at all—I'd rather see an executive order to drill in ANWR, upgrade existing/build new refineries to increase capacity, etc., and the enviro-wackos be d*mned.

[mjtobias]

I certainly would not want to be in that superdome tonight and risk diying among strangers. I'd rather be under a bridge.

What a mess this country has become.

[Peach]

She is indeed the REAL south. I get so angry when northerners (which we were until 7 years ago) talk about how bigotted the south is.

What we've noticed here is that people of all races get along better down here than up north. People are polite and caring and sweet with each other.

[LenS]

Six months? While the city is under sea level, shouldn't you be able to let out much of the water in the city just by breaching the upper part of the levee walls in a few places (after the initial storm flooding on the Lake and River have ebbed). It wouldn't let out the below sea level stuff, but it should lower the stuff above the first floors.

[Rebelbase]

Bastardi called Cat 5 Catastrophic a full day before anyone else.

[ladyjane]

Adam Clayton Powell used to tell reporters that his favorite drink was 'poon tang' and told them it was a mixture of Tang and vodka. They believed him! LOL

[Normal4me]

Yeah those damn trucks delivering goods sure guzzle the fuel. This isn't about SUV's, this is about keeping commerce moving.

[mercy]

Well I never.

Guess my general lifelong apathy towards rock lyrics has held me in good stead. For the 30 seconds or so pondering such, during the many years since this song was variously recorded, I had guessed at completely other words regarding this song.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The reason they want to open the oil reserve is too make filling up their gas guzzler less painful...for a few weeks.

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No, it is to avoid panicked price spikes caused by those here and elsewhere who crow about unneeded fillups to avoid paying $10 extra for the next tank.

Mellow out, everyone. The patriotic thing to do is not to hoard, but to consume less for the next few weeks. And not to fill up until you are below a half a tank.

[SamAdams76]

Well Joe is also a semi-professional wrestler so maybe he'll wrestle it into submission.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

My husband just said he can just hear the legislators from LA calling the president saying that he had to get this danged NO mayor off the dime to make a decision.

I understand the mayor and governor were holding off because they didn't know who was going to pay for the evacuation (waiting for the Feds?). There's some fine "leadership". Jeeeez.

[TomGuy]

is Bastardi (on FNC) pretty dang irritated about something? He sounds like he'd like to snap Hemmer's neck. lol

News-readers and reporters can be irritating with some of their simplistic assumptions and idiotic questions. I'm sure Bastardi is tired, had a long day, and has little patience left.

[Peach]

Is Landrieu trying to blame Bush yet? She was on earlier on another channel and I was getting things done around here and thought she said something politically unncessary.

[maryz]

but what about all the pets?

I thought I heard earlier that humane societies were picking up as many as they could to take to some kind of shelter for them; I was in the next room, though, and didn't hear the whole piece.