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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
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 |
I wish I was speculating. Oh how I wish I was speculating.
I'm so confused now, I'm not sure whether to be insulted or not. Is being two Mooses higher than Chief Moose a good thing or a bad thing?
}:-)4
He seemed scared on that last report.
Ivan was a puppy compared to Katrina. Every meterological indicator says so. I don't care what the neysayers here say, this storm is a monster. Even if it divinely misses NO, SOMEBODY is going to get the crap beaten out of them tonight.
No; they'll use Al Bore for a sandbag.
A few years ago I was at a missions conference for college students where they tried to alleviate that. Half the mens rooms at the main hall (Assembly Hall on the U of Illinois campus) were used as ladies rooms during the longer evening sessions. The remaining mens rooms had worse lines than the ladies rooms next to them.
Shepherd Smith really sounds scared now. He seems to have sobered up when they told him the French Quarter may be gone and he is IN the French Quarter.
A big chuck of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is in salt domes in Louisiana.
There is such a streak of humanitarianism in him that is lacking in many of his colleagues.
Nice time to tell them.
I heard that one of the delays at the hotels was that they were still going through the formalities of checking people out of their rooms.
Stupid. The hotel management should have simply told everyone to get going and deal with figuring out the bills later.
Two hours ago, waves were almost 25 feet. Now only 23 feet.
But 20 foot waves are bad enough... That buoy may be able to report 40 footers (before it might stop reporting).
Of course, that is in the open waters of the Gulf -- not very close to shore.
Talk about stupid timing...
Look at the damage Katrina did in Florida as just a minimal Cat 1. Now the wind speed is more than double than that!!!
Shep sounds pretty upset. Perhaps he is having second thoughts over HIS decision to go down there.
Past adjustment - get titanium.
A nuke would not make a dent; the heat might even feed the beast
Fill up anything you can with drinking water. Cook up a few meals for when the electricity goes or if there's a break in the gas. Eat what you can tonight from the fridge and save your canned goods for later. Keep the freezer closed until needed later. Have an ice cream party tonight! Hope you're stocked with charcoal, fuel, or wood for the bbq if the electricity is off for a period of time.
Also, do a quick search for solar oven plans and print them out just in case. Cardboard and tin foil are all that's needed. They work amazingly well.
The FNC is now resigned to this as being a "colossal tragedy".
I remember Ivan sent a s-load of tornadoes through VA and DC. Was pretty frightening.
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