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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 |
Oil 70.80 at the open. Japanese stocks set to drop.
You mean due North, right? Will have to watch to see if this is a trend, but the current track would take it well west of NO.
Ugh
He says what he needs is an inside view looking up at the roof structure. He isn't sure whether it is poured, or pre-cast.
I have been googling to try to find an image whenever I catch up with the thread, which isn't often, at this point.
when they can take oil up $10 a week on no news, its not surprising they can take it up $4 on actual real news.
Goldman Sachs and the hedge funds are feeding at the trough on the backs of this tragedy.
nah...not when they are posting inland hurricane warnings nearly to Tennessee....
Probably. I saw it in our "Local forecast" on TWC.
The stadium is supposed to be on a 30' mound so lets keep our fingers crossed.
I hope it is built better than the WTC which Trump said were built like "Gahbage".
Here is the latest loop - it looks like it is turned north.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/lix_N0Z_lp.shtml
yes.
doing that here....
maybe an imagine of a game or something
How's that?
There will be some damage, but this is not a tornado. The hurricane could spawn tornados, and that would be very dangerous if one heads for the stadium.
If you'll look at the pictures from Camille and see the devastation of the buildings...this was from the storm surge...apts were gone due to the storm surge. That's why I ask the question will the building still be standing...it's not from the winds like I was thinking it's the storm surge. http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm
yeah...sorry about that...
engage brain, disengage fingers :)
Yes, wind gusts are one thing but to listen to the wind roaring/shrieking for hours without letup can really put you close to the edge.
Hey, SW! Thanks for THAT bit of cheery news! As bad as that is, I'm not going to complain about $$. I did hand my son my debit card and the keys to all the cars today and he went and filled them all up. If I had any gas cans, I'd have filled (had him fill :) those, too.
I doubt it angel. I was living in Jackson, Ms when Camille hit and we had property damage and trees down on our roof that far inland. The Miss. Gulf coast was wiped clean. We went down later and there was nothing left....nothing.
The first good news in a while!
That is a 7.1 degree westward shift in the coursetrack from the last two plots.
Probably just a wobble, but at this point I'll take all the good news I can get.
"I can't wait for FNC's anchor shift change, Paige Hopkins drives me totally nuts. Easily the worst of all."
Well, doesn't bother me. Actually, Laurie's on now, and that's always a big plus... except that bizarre Daisy Mae orange sack she's wearing is very distracting (and not in a good way)...
Not New Orleans, but Louisiana:
"The region is also home to America’s only supertanker port, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP). Located in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Fourchon, LOOP handles 800,000 barrels of crude oil each day, 12% of the U. S. supply of daily crude imports."
From Portrait of an Estuary
http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/pdfs/portrait_estuary.pdf
Fox reporting that oil prices are likely to spike this week.... Glad they figured that out...
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