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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: mware

LOL!


181 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:05 PM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: randita

Well hopefully FEMA is doing the planning, NO mayor certainly doesn't appear to have done it.


182 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:09 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: Peach

TD-13 will likely become "Lee" in a couple of days, and is heading generally for the SEastern US. We'll worry about that one later.


183 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:09 PM PDT by alancarp ((Piedmont of NCarolina))
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To: NautiNurse

Great pic of the causway below. I am not putting the pic up to save bandwidth.

http://images.ibsys.com/no/images/weather/auto/causewaycam_640x480.jpg


184 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:11 PM PDT by Torie
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To: small voice in the wilderness
Wonder if the ladies room line will be longer...

They are always longer.

185 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:11 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: mware

"You broke into the WRONG rec room this time!"


186 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:14 PM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: mhking
TD-13 just formed in the Atlantic.

Damn.

Just damn.

187 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:16 PM PDT by Warren_Piece (Nashville, TN)
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To: Peach

965 miles E of the Lesser Antilles. Sigh.


188 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:28 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mhking
As recently as Friday night-Saturday morning, this was thought to be a Mobile/Pensacola event.

Nope, that is the myth being put out by the governor and mayor to try and excuse why they were so slow to react. I went back and checked, and there were computer models predicting an LA hit as early as 7am Friday, strong model agreement on such by 2pm, at 4pm there was a weather service call to move the track west towards a S. Mississippi hit with possible further westward shifts, and by 8pm Friday night Gov. Blanco had declared a state of emergency.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1472323/posts?page=2374#2374

189 posted on 08/28/2005 2:58:34 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Dog
So who is going to wave a magic wand and make Katrina disappear?


...yeah where's ALCore ?...standing on top of the super dome waving his arms,searching the skies, going into his southern preacher mode...."BEGONE EVIL STORM...BEGONE AND
TAKE THEE STORM SURGE WITH THEE"

Doogle
190 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:02 PM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: NautiNurse
Thanks for keep this going.

It's appreciated so much!

((Hugs))

191 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:05 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Tuxedo
Storm surge arriving in Mobile Bay area.

I just talked to my Pop and he said it was lower right now than it was earlier today, but he knows it's coming.

192 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:08 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: NautiNurse

Anyone want to say when the ACLU put in its first lawsuit for checking people's belongings while waiting online? or is it something else? They will figure their way into this, I am sure.


193 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:11 PM PDT by StuLongIsland
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To: mhking

yeah...exactly...

and we are at the BEGINNING of the most active part of the season.


194 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:13 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (It's called having class.....)
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To: Nita Nupress

see post # 72


195 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:22 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: NautiNurse

WLOX.com (ABC 13 Biloxi) has a live stream on their website as well. Forecaster says MS coast can get hit just as badly as NO. 40-60 mile eye diameter. 4PM update: track looks the same, tornado watches all over the map.


196 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:24 PM PDT by GiveEmDubya
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To: mhking

"Damn" is all you've got to say? Just damn? :-)


197 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:29 PM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: reaganbooster
If the Superdome somehow survives intact, and saves 10's of thousands of lives, don't you see this as another excuse to push taxpayer financed, hurricane proof, sports stadiums to protect the public?

The Dome was built 30 years ago. To replicate it today, reinforced concrete and all would cost LOTS AND LOTS of money; money that municipalities nor NFL teams would be willing to come up with -- even if they thought they wanted to.

198 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:37 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: LadyBuzz
The studio anchor on FOX said they were the only news chanel with a reporter at the Super Dome.
199 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:42 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
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To: Nita Nupress
Superdome photo: click here
200 posted on 08/28/2005 2:59:48 PM PDT by shezza (God Bless Our Troops)
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