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

[lmavk]

I can't believe Geraldo actually got this weather recon guy to call in, we were joking about it earlier when he was bragging about waiting for their call!

[Howlin]

Take that to the Religion Forum.

[Toespi]

"We're not looking for some place to put others down in a time of disaster."

But watch out for those times when there isn't a disaster, right Howlin?

[Types_with_Fist]

I don't think they evacuated the patients.

No. I don't believe they had time.

[sageb1]

I use Camillia red beans and mush up a cup after they cook for an hour. Makes a nice roux.

[mhking]

No, I don't have exact location on the apartment folks; the guys are out in the country in Ironton, or wherever they hunker down out in the country. But I appreciate the offer...

[R W Reactionairy]

"The simplified expression for wind pressure can be written as:

q = c GC V (2)

where q is the wind pressure in pounds per square foot (psf), c is the air density term, G is the gust response factor, C is the pressure coefficient and V is the wind velocity in miles per hour (mph)." [emphasis added]

I asked this question a couple of hours ago and only got a response concerning the force of flood waters / storm surges: The Superdome has been described as being designed to withstand 200 MPH winds. Does the "200 MPH" wind contemplate the greater density present when air and large volumes of water are mixed [as would obviously happen in any hurricane] or just normal air with some humidity at standard pressures?

[Howlin]

If you can't see the difference, you're not better than the rest of them.

[Jeff Head]

While I will reframe from making any comment on God's judgements in this matter...because I am in no position to say...I will say this. We are mortal and look at life, as the scriptures say, darkly, through a glass. He sees us from an eternal perspective and so things we view as horrendous from that perspective may not be so viewed by God in His heaven who has our eternal view in mind.

Like a mother and father who punish a young child, be it spanking, or grounding, or otherwise...and from that child's perspective it is the end of the world....loving parents know it is not, that there are years of life ahead, and the lessons taught and learned by such an experience will benefit that same child in the years to come.

We are God's children and He views us similarly...with love...and there is an eternity before us that we do not comprehend, and rarely appreciate at this point.

That is not a psychosis, just an attempt to grasp that eternal perspective.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

And I live in NJ!

The only thing you have to fear in NJ is your government. :O)

[_Jim]

200 probably wasn;t overly extreme,

Nope.

Any civil engineers on board wanna go into the details (I don't have the time ATTM)?

[mhking]

Fried cornbread is the best with red beans and rice.

I was just talking with my dad about fried hot water cornbread this morning...

[Sam Cree]

I'm not a religious person. But if I ever thought I might wish to become religious, the "religious" folk who frequent FR have pretty well convinced me that that's the last thing I'd ever want to do.

Having said that, I'm still praying for those in the path of Katrina.

[easonc52]

HOW could they cut off that guy????He IS the story.

geesh, fox...that was lame.

I gotta agree with that... That was my reaction, especially this close to landfall...

[Arizona Carolyn]

907MB... low pressure usually equates to a stronger storm.. Camile was 901MB and 200mph, Gilbert was 888MB..

[spanalot]

"My point is that there are a lot of examples of the wrath of G_d in every religion, so if you have "religion" it would really be reasonable to see this in that context."

Why would you suggest that most religions rely on the wrath of God? Why would God be killing thousands of people of all faiths tomorrow with this storm?

My religion is not a feel good one - it relates Free Will and the fact that people can be evil.

[relee]

907 millibars of air pressure. The lower the number the more powerful the storm is. 1012 is typical at sea level.

[ZOTnot]

....and in Salt Lake, ....score a cigarette of all things. HORRORS

[LadyBuzz]

Fox is back to Greg Jared & Julie Banderas - time to call it a night

[eldoradude]

Your tag line is great!

I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments

I have found myself doing the same thing many times.

Prayers for your friends...