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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: ZOTnot

Traffic jams always happen when there is an evacuation. What I can't imagine is someone who had a car and waited until Sunday afternoon to leave NO. Often times in low areas the water rises and the cars are stalled in it. Leave early or stay where you are, is the rule. This storm is so bad staying is not an option.


2,601 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:04 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: sheikdetailfeather

New eyewall is forming. Expect strengthening soon.


2,602 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:07 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: va4me

Don't laugh too hard, but I never even minded airplane food.


2,603 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:10 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: dayago
All he did was make a reference to God

That's horseshiite, and you know it.

2,604 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:20 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: small voice in the wilderness
The Satanic Green Bean Casserole. Straight from hell's pantry. ;)

LOL! OMG, my mother made Green Bean Casserole every Thanksgiving....canned green beans, canned fried onion rings, etc.

Come to think of it, I never really liked it. I guess it's a midwestern family thing ;)

2,605 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:21 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: RockyTop4GOP

I make a roux for red beans and rice. We like them to have a little thickner.


2,606 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:24 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: alancarp
AF 305 Recon WC130 is in NW eyewall.

Getting this secondhand but looks like she is still 904 MB. Will post for sure as soon as I can confirm.

2,607 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:27 PM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: bonfire

OMG - they are trying to smuggle POINTY COMBS into the Dome


2,608 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:34 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: HairOfTheDog

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

True, and there is a lot of sin everywhere.


2,609 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:37 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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To: RockyTop4GOP
Red Beans are the easiest Cajun dish to make. The only thing that doesn't require a roux.

Yes! I trained my yankee, Italian wife to make red beans and rice early on and she's become a master. You're right... Rouxs can be tough. Takes work. I can do it well when I'm not being lazy...:-)

2,610 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:37 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: va4me

People bringing in wrenches to the super dome and confiscated. I could think of other things to bring if I could only take a few things from home.


2,611 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:54 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: LdSentinal
Chris Matthews will soon be blaming Bush for not stopping "global warming." And Keith Olberamm will probably follow.

Matthews reminds me of "Spanky" in "Our Gang". He's forceful and funny, but ignorant and naive. Olberam is so sophomoric that he is essentially unwatchable. I'd rather observe a corpse for 30 minutes.

2,612 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:03 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Beware the Socialist-Islamist alignment.)
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To: mabelkitty

I hope next time I have to bunkdown somehwere, you happen to be in the foxhole next to me.

Consider it an honor for me.


2,613 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:12 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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To: Howlin

She called a state of emergency Friday night about 7PM, I think. Whatever time it was, it was Friday night. WTF would she do that for if she didn't know the storm was coming. I am so mad!


2,614 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:29 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Hand em their arse

Go read your 2559 Post....

Sheesh, you don't know what you write. get a grip


2,615 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:29 PM PDT by Sonar5 (60+ Million have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: Hand em their arse

Meteorologist on WWL makes a credible case that she is in an eyewall replacement cycle right now with the doppler RADAR out of Slidell. If so, she has plenty of time to finish and intensify. I hope he is incorrect.


2,616 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:29 PM PDT by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: NautiNurse
"We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared," Mayor Ray Nagin said in ordering the mandatory evacuation for his city of 485,000 people, surrounded by suburbs of a million more. "The storm surge will most likely topple our levee system."
Conceding that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport, the city arranged buses to take people to 10 last-resort shelters, including the Superdome.

SOURCE

2,617 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:46 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (Calling illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest)
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To: bonfire

no, I mean, why isn't Shep filing reports on Geraldo's show.


2,618 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:51 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: commish

WWL saying it looks like another eye replacement cycle could take place before landfall, meaning the storm could strengthen a bit. Also the eye is already west of the mouth of the Mississippi, not good news.


2,619 posted on 08/28/2005 7:29:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: commish

Very good - thanks for the heads-up. Unfortunately, the news is at expected.


2,620 posted on 08/28/2005 7:30:01 PM PDT by alancarp ((Piedmont of NCarolina))
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