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

[Jedidah]

I thought he said that. It was in the context of a discussion about refugees in the Dome. But Amelia thinks he was referring to people staying in their homes.

I do hope she's right and that I heard wrong.. The very thought of people climbing onto the roof of the dome to escape water is horrible.

I also hope people aren't staying in their homes armed with axes.

[MplsSteve]

Des Moines Iowa had a terrible flood back in '92 or '93.

What was it about Des Moines that incurred God's wrath?

[RockyTop4GOP]

Carville is in south LA. Although, they did close the lepor colony. It's way, way in the boonies.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Wow, really? I lived north of Little Rock for a couple of years, and absolutely loved it, especially the fall foliage. But seared into my memory were the long, long stretches of freeway to Texas and Memphis that were coned off to a single lane, with endless number of squares cut out of the other lane, seemingly never completed.

[Ellesu]

I cannot repeat what I was yelling either.

[Ditter]

I heard that on the radio this afternoon. I heard him say "hammers" so they could break their way into the floor above as the water rose. I didn't know it was the NO mayor speaking.

[HairOfTheDog]

Might as well hit Vegas... it's on the way and there's lots of sin there.

[exhaustedmomma]

Governor of LA on Fox now.
We have done a magnificent job of evacuating.

Then, out of the other corner of her mouth she did have the wisdom to ask the nation to pray. Unfortunately her incompetence is inexcusable, but her plea for prayer is what I will focus on now.

[Hilltop]

Surely you know what "tang" is in street vernacular.

Hint;Poon is the precedent.

[dixiechick2000]

Glad to hear your folks are safe.

I've been helping my parents prepare via long distance.
I think it will be worse than Camille where they are.
In my conversations with my mother, I did find that everyone I know on the coast headed north.
I don't know if they headed far enough north, though.

I hope all you get is rain, and NO tornadoes!

[bwteim]

Destroyed is destroyed, I agree.

I was referring to a discussion Jeffers and I were having on whether the difference in increase in wind force is the square of the wind velocity difference or the cube. Now we have the newspaper citing unnamed scientists that it is 500 or a 1000 fold.

But don't attribute me with the 500 to a 1000 fold group. I am sticking with the square. So if Miami had 77 mph, then this storm at 154 (just for scientific purposes) is double, which is four times the force.

[sageb1]

Geraldo's tears got to ya, huh? :)

[AFreeBird]

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

Not outside certain areas of the quarter I haven't, but I've been warned there are boundries you do not cross after dark.

Still, a real handy to have in a situation like this *tool*, like a Leatherman, would be okay with me, but the authorities would nix it.

[Patriotic1]

Some of the People over there are saying Katrina may have just completed an eyewall replacement in the last 6 hours.

And in english that means...?

[mabelkitty]

Doubt that.
What's his name?

[NautiNurse]

Buoy graph tells the story...

[Atlas Sneezed]

I had red beans and rice for dinner tonight.

Spare yourself your unpleasant mood.

[myprecious]

seems like she did not know either

Maybe the Gov otta check in the FR for her news. We were all over it.

[Enchante]

Seems like they forgot their own evacuation timetable:


Beginning 50 hours in advance, evacuations south of New Orleans would be ordered, public offices and schools would be closed, but traffic would remain along normal routes.


At 40 hours, evacuation south of the Mississippi River, including the West Bank of New Orleans, would be ordered.


In Phase 3, if the storm is a category 3 storm or higher, contraflow would be triggered.

[Chickensoup]

Clarance Thomas was just on Fox he got his family out.
He is staying in N.O.
He is staying with the others.He could of gotting out but is going to ride it out.
have a lot of respect for him.

No Clarence...get out. We need you!