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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: gopwinsin04

LOL, I was just thinking about that!


1,821 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:43 PM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: tortoise

I wouldn't leave out the fact that it was public construction and lord knows how many payoffs, how much under spec material, questionable inspections, etc., were a part of that deal.


1,822 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:46 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: spectre

Yes it can catch fire...


1,823 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:47 PM PDT by antivenom (If your not living on the edge, you're taking up too much damn space!!!)
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To: Doogle
All local stations making a run for it by midnight, transferring TV to Baton Rouge and the LSU campus.

911 now closed in Jefferson Parish.

1,824 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:52 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Peach

Early this morning, I believe it was FOXNews I heard report New Orleans was under mandatory evacuation, but soon after that, I flipped to The Weather channel, and their anchor said the Mayor was about to announce a mandatory evacuation.


When the big blow is over, when the blame game starts, the Mayor will blame all problems on anyone and everyone but himself and his administration.


1,825 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:01 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: wardaddy
Even I know the proper pronunciation...lol. Yazoo is another one they slaughter.
1,826 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:02 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: FMBass

Vote this as the best LOL I've had today:)


1,827 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:16 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: FMBass
And I live in NJ!


...me too...hey pick me up some milk and bread..after all
they always shoot cows and bakers with snow storms and hurricanes right?

Doogle
1,828 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:19 PM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: proud American in Canada
I heard today that the winds on the western side of the hurricane are the strongest.

Actually it's the area to the right and above the eye, the Northeast quadrant, that is the most dangerous because of the counter-clockwise motion of the storm. If the eye of the storm comes up to the west of the city, that will be the worst possible situation.

1,829 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:24 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: hole_n_one
All that was missing from his opening statement was a mention of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

LMAO

1,830 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:27 PM PDT by maquiladora
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To: maggief

Lauren Green now your talking one fine philly


1,831 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:41 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: mystery-ak

Here's my favorite treat:

1 bag of square pretzels ("Snaps")
1 bag Hershey's kisses

Put the pretzels in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Put a kiss on top and cook for 4 minutes in 350 oven or until chocolate is soft. Take them out and top them with another pretzel. (smoosh them down)

I add some salt on top.

You will be addicted.


1,832 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:43 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: gopwinsin04

You can hear the wind beginning to howl during the live reports.


1,833 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:51 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: bill1952

Oh gosh, that looks terrible.

I hope you had insurance, I'm sure you did.

I still haven't decided which is worse, hurricane, earthquake or almost tornado which are what I have experienced so far. I think all are frightening and particularly when they hit at night which seems to happen to me most of the time. Wind can be very frightening. When I first moved in here, before I had cable installed or Internet we had a big storm with 80+ mph winds in the middle of the night. [obviously I had no clue it was coming] Being in the dark with no electricity and the walls shaking is horrible. Bottom line I guess all of Mother Nature's storms can be devastating, but this category 5 could be the worst.


1,834 posted on 08/28/2005 6:08:51 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: HighWheeler

"A hurricane...is an efficent way to disperse heat through the planet and then out into space".

So more hurricanes means the planet is warming up?


1,835 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:01 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: YaYa123

The mayor and to a lesser extent the governor dropped the ball here.

The thing is to help people, not apportion blame. That being said, they clearly did not rise to the occasion.


1,836 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:16 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: Beelzebubba

I've never been on an overnight flight that lasted a WEEK!


1,837 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:21 PM PDT by cincinnati65 (Just up the road a piece.......)
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To: Torie

They are probably interested in whether I-10 or I-12 is moving the best when getting into the BR area.... just a guess as their aren't but a couple of ways out... I-10 west, I-10 east to I-12 and then west or US 90.


1,838 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:27 PM PDT by deport (If you want something bad enough, there's someone who will sell it to you. Even the truth your way.)
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To: FMBass
GERALDO’s opening got me running to the store for canned goods.

Make sure you get a canned ham

1,839 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:33 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: roses of sharon

I've got two words for the already-finger-pointing Chris Matthews: Rush Limbaugh. At noon tomorrow, Matthews' shameless attempts to pin this on the President will be exposed.


1,840 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:34 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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