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

[ken5050]

We need a midi of Johnny Horton singing "The "Battle of New Orleans.."

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

The NO local TV station reporters just asked the Baton Rouge station reporters which route to take out of NO. I am NOT making this up.

I'd be hightailing it over the Causeway to I-12 or taking Airline Hwy to BR. Last I heard, I-10 was still a mess.

[gopwinsin04]

WWL TV will be live until midnight and then they are fleeing.

[topher]

Bouy 42040
Station 42040 - MOBILE SOUTH 64 nm South of Dauphin Island, AL

As of 7:50 CDT

Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 80 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 36.9 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 48.6 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 29.5 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 14 sec
Average Period (APD): 9.7 sec

Wind is picking up a little... Probably be over 70 knots by morning.

The waves are 10 feet from hitting the bottom of oil rigs...

[commish]

Cloud tops are cooling again and showing a lot of rapid convection in the last hour or so. Next Recon pass is going to be very interesting.

[Peach]

Wonder if it went like this... "you want FEMA funds, order the evacuation"

You know, I'd been thinking the president was probably more charming, but when I read that, it just "felt" right.

[travelagent]

Prayers going out for your friend and his family.

[Chasaway]

I live on the island now...really praying hard for the folks in NO, but glad it aint' here, too.

Have you seen the JFK causeway lately? 4 lanes and much higher than it was...

[oldfarmer]

Um, is it just me, or does anyone else see a face in the white part to the left of the Eye on the main pic on Drudge?

Someone set us up the bomb.

[Types_with_Fist]

what about all those cars on the road

This thing is almost there. If the roads are as crowded as I've heard it'll be bad. If they had started this yesterday, they might have gotten them all out by now. Now is the time to hunker down, not be stuck in trafic.

And, yes, sad story too.

[YaYa123]

I'd pat these people down too! And when the bad guys get hungry, when they can't sleep, or go to the bathroom, when they start cussing, and fighting among themselves, you'd be glad they weren't armed.

[SauronOfMordor]

they are searching people in an emergency??? What's going on? The large Taliban population show up??

They're searching for weapons. Most of the people going in are "inner city" types.

You want to be in a packed Superdome when the crackhead gangbanger a few seats down spots "that MoFo who DISSED me last week" ?

[Howlin]

man, oh man

[steveegg]

WWL TV will be live until midnight and then they are fleeing.

I hope they're not waiting too long. The last thing I heard, that's about when hurricane-force winds are going to be in New Orleans.

[NautiNurse]

I finally bought the book! At this rate, I may read it over Christmas...

[Founding Father]

Per WWL---

Dry air had no effect; "tropical monster;" classic eye formation; low cat 5 strong 4 best can hope for;rainstroms from Alabama to almost Lafayette; big squalls moving through.

[spectre]

Some say "yes", others say "no"..but a FReepmail to me sounds reasonable enough..

"The oil & gas on the surface of the water "could" catch fire but the water itself would act to put the fire out by sucking heat away from the fire. This is why firefighters use a thin spray to fight house fires. The spray acts to remove the necessary heat from the fire."

Thanks to the FReeper who took the time to write me.

sw

[LadyBuzz]

Anybody listening to Drudge?

[Peach]

You're right, cicero. The press plays to the bad people in our society and people like Jackie get all too little attention. I really take my hat off to her for maintaining her upbeat attitude in the face of all that's going on.

[Txsleuth]

Okay....I just HAVE to ask---how in the heck is Chrissy blaming THIS on Bush?

Please don't tell me Global Warming or the War in Iraq!