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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 |
Proof please.
Pets are NOT allowed in shelters. No doubt some people won't go to shelters because of their pets.
since some of the platforms haven't been worked since Thursday, there is going to be a major loss of production from the GOM.
Plus since this is THE hub for SuperTankers, a lot of oil is just sitting.
breath taking
For those in Texas with cable, the TXCN (local and Texas) news channel is showing a New Orlean's station's coverage (WWL.)
Per MSNBC --
Oil Futures Open up $4/bbl....
Here we goooooooo!
If my life depended on it, I would be concerned too. The thing was designed to deal with a Cat 3, not Cat 5
US crude futures up $4.
I'm not worried about Shep, though I wish him well. His choice.
I am worried about the 100,000 who didn't or couldn't leave. .
I hope it's not in the basement.
how many countries are going to donate to the families devastated by this natural disaster. We could essentially lose one of our cities.
Thank you. I was in Atlanta. What a great city. I had never spent time there except in the airport. But it is beautiful, lush. Really lovely.
There has been a pretty good wooble to the NNW from due West on the last few frames of the New Orleans radar.
I expect this to happen a few more times, but it doesn't appear to be wobbling to the east at all.
The few homemade films I have viewed of people riding out these storms show the sound as being like a speeding train bearing down on you. I'm sure the noise heightens the terror.
I've driven on that road. I didn't enjoy in nice weather! Much too long and over watery area for my liking. Did the weather or the city turn off the street lights there? I see in the webcam pic they are not on in darkness.
I was on the roof of the Monteleone in April, it will not all go underwater and it is a very solid building. I wouldn't stay for any amount of money, though.
Prayers for Shep.
Drove through 74 mph wind in a West Texas sand storm. Um, make that a mud storm.
Made it through several floods. Each time watched the weather conditions visually and on tv. We know enough to prepare. One 23 foot flood, the local LE denied anything was amiss. We had the good common sense to pack and head to high ground.
It's not just the port that is the issue - a significant percentage of the oil is refined by NO. This will be out of commission for sometime - we are going to have a HUGE spike in gas prices.
...Our refinery will be going into 100% gasoline mode as of 12 am tonight, at this point 85% of Gulf refinerys are either shutdown or in the process of. Folks I urge you to store as much gasoline as you SAFELY can, the next few weeks are going to be nuts...
The poster is in Bridgeton, New Jersey and says he's an Operations Supervisor at a refinery there.
Here's the link to the thread: http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?s=7b7c3fd1f708577a915f464126925f72&showtopic=47834>
Was there no other alternative? Just imagine what that place would be like if New Orleans goes under water and these people get stuck in there for days? How do you go about evacuating a flooded out stadium of 20,000 people? What if the stadium loses power? Would the backup generators even work if the entire city of New Orleans is covered in 10 feet of water? We could see mass panic in that place.
That's not to mention the obvious problems you get when a mass amount of people are confined in a small space for more than a few hours - sanitation, crowd control and just getting the people enough food and drinking water. I hope I am wrong but I am sensing a real disaster here and it would have nothing to do with the Superdome collapsing.
As I see the crowds lining up outside the Superdome, I can't help but think of lambs being led to slaughter. All these people queing up like sheep, waiting for the gub'mint to take care of them. I guess they are used to it. Not me. I wouldn't go into that hellhole for all the tea in China. If I was living in the New Orleans area, I'd have been 200 miles north of there by yesterday.
The only saving grace is that there are National Guard troops at the Superdome. Barring a major disaster (like a blackout or a huge flood), they ought to be able to keep order. If the storm is not as bad as feared and the people are able to start leaving the Dome tomorrow, things might yet turn out okay for those folks.
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