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

[Diddle E. Squat]

Expect a knock on your door from the admin moderators any moment now...

[RightWhale]

We all have acquaintances or relatives living down there. At least with this everybody had a chance and plenty of warning to board it up, grab the wedding pictures, and hightail it out. This will mess up the start of the school year. I would sure not rebuild the place where it is now. Valdez was much smaller, but when they rebuilt, it was in a much less dangerous place. Even if the old city doesn't get whacked, they ought to rebuild someplace else anyway and allow the businesses to move, too. The old city is colorful and everything, but people shouldn't be living there anymore. The Port of New Orleans can stay, but they ought to take another look at that, too,

[flutters]

Just heard on WWL that most people are inside the super dome now. (Doesn't like that way on MSNBC though.)

[proud American in Canada]

Are you serious? CNN (which is all I can get up here) reported firearms and alcohol. Okay, I can see that.

But cigarettes???? Oh man... I've never smoked, but this is inhuman.

There will be some REALLY crabby people there tomorrow. And the next day... And the day after that, if these massive flood predictions hold true.

[bonfire]

This whole thing is a nightmare.

[small voice in the wilderness]

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

The Satanic Green Bean Casserole. Straight from hell's pantry. ;)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I bet the food is MRE's....yummy..

Probably beats having to bar-b-que a swamp rat for survival.

[Professional Engineer]

Any engineers want to take on the cumulative reaction on the structure if it is a slow moving storm?

A sustained load is a whole different animal that a single gust. That's as far as I can go. Electrons are my gig.

[Fester Chugabrew]

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

The French name.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Hmm. Maybe Jimmy Driftwood made it first! Who knows? Tonight I have the song "Jambalya" on my mind a lot. It seems to suit New Orleans well.

[the Deejay]

Did you hear Geraldo earier when he called New Orleans "the former Big Easy?"

He has more lines than a phone company.

[newzjunkey]

Been a 4 hr wait at the Superdome due to the security screenings.

15,000 people there now. Lines are dwindling. Buses to the Superdome ended when the curfew began.

360,000 MREs delivered by the National Guard. (per WWL in New Orleans).

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It involves the weakening and strengthening of the convection (spin and intensity) of the storm.

[NautiNurse]

topher--say your prayers, and knock it off

[ZOTnot]

News says cars on I-10 are running out of gas from sitting in traffic. Just have to abandon them, further clogging the lanes. Can you imagine hitch hiking and putting your family members into different cars then trying to track them down later?

[_Jim]

WWL - AM 870 KHz is strong tonight - for anybody w/dial-up that wants to hear a running account of what's going on ...

[Coldwater Creek]

We were thru there last week and the only area that was not completed was turning off to Jacksonville or going stright to Memphis. and if I remember right it was only going east that was any problem at all. From there to West Memphis was clear as a bell. Made the trip from Memphis to OKC in around seven hours. Record time, and no stress.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Word it is down to 140mph per Fox!

[AmericanInTokyo]

My, that sounded a bit....Irish?

[Gabz]

I haven't quit, but can go days without-------but I was thinking more about the non-smokers - they are a lot safer with indoor smoking than the hurricane.