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

[MikefromOhio]

Hey...

You aren't in the path of this monster are you?

I sincerely hope not.

[USNBandit]

Seems ironic that MRE's come with toilet paper, doesn't it. :)

[GOP_Proud]

If the evac route was near my home, I would open my home up to the stranded. I'm sure there are poor people who just got into cars not knowing whether they had anyplace to go. I know I would just leave. Live in my car if I had to. We are all Americans. We need to help any way that we can.

[GiveEmDubya]

The governor and the mayor of New Orleans do not look competent.

That seems to be an understatement.

The governor has that deer in the headlights look. If she's a republican, I'm ashamed, but I'd bet the farm she's a dim dem.

Correct. She defeated the exceptionally competent Bobby Jindal, now a Congressman.

[RightWhale]

Power will probably be out for weeks. Maybe they can stay dry, but that's about it.

[NautiNurse]

TD-13 will likely become "Lee" in a couple of days...We'll worry about that one later.

OMG--I'm taking early retirement...

[steveegg]

Who's bandwidth?.... Pictures aren't archived or hosted on the FR servers or they didn't used to be.

They aren't, but they're also not hosted on each FReeper's computer. That's the bandwidth that's being saved each time we refresh the thread.

[Godebert]

The main problem with high rise hotels is that the windows do not open. So once the A/C goes off in a hot, humid situation, the conditions can become stifling.

I don't think there will be many windows left to open after the wind hits anyway.

[WestCoastGal]

"They had better open most of the doors at the Dome during the storm or it could crush like a tin can from the pressure. "

I hadn't thought of that.

[Strategerist]

The model shift to New Orleans and vicinity occured with the 12Z runs on FRIDAY, (models coming out around noon Friday) not on Saturday...and have remained steady ever since.

[hole_n_one]

Cute pink shirt.......

[mercy]

Wonder if they issued ammunition to the guard.

[CaptainTrips]

You bring up a point I can't figure out. From what I understand once the city floods, the water doesn't get out anytime soon (the guy from LSU said 90 days). Once the water level rises above the entry points of the Superdome how is anyone or thing going to get in or out? I would like to think somebody has thought of this, but you never know.

[tiki]

Amen!

[B-Chan]

...conditions can become stifling...

True, but it sure beats drowning in a lake of poisonous filth.

[MikefromOhio]

Who's bandwidth?.... Pictures aren't archived or hosted on the FR servers or they didn't used to be.

Ever try to get a 300 KB embedded picture over a dial-up connection? It's hard. The picture restriction is just as a courtesy to the people on dial up.

[grey_whiskers]

Too bad they can't get a live band in there. Maybe they could play "Nearer My God To Thee"...

I was thinking of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald:

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

No cheers, unfortunately. Lots of prayers.

[Arizona Carolyn]

This is going to send the price of lumber, steel and cement sky high. not to mention the cost of heating oil and fuel for our automobiles...... at least if we allowed offshore drilling in California there would be a backup...

[TADSLOS]

I don't think even Andrew can hold a candle to what this thing is gonna do.

I think you're right. This one's going to hurt bad for years I suspect.

[Yaelle]

In the end, we are Americans, and Americans are notoriously difficult to kill.

I liked this. I thought it bore repeating.