Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII

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. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin conceded that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. At this hour, people are still filing into the Superdome after security screening for weapons and contraband. National Guard have brought in 360,000 MRE (meals ready to eat) to feed the estimated 30,000 storm refugees in the Superdome.

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 Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

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:

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

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 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

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

[Howlin]

I'm not willing to lay what's about to happen at Nagin's feet even if he could have been more proactive.

Be sure to come back and defend him tomorrow if there are many deaths.

[Prime Choice]

Hiya PC--how are you doing?

Feeling pretty funky, but am awake with all my marbles. So I'd say it's a good evening.   :o)

We have to stop meeting on these all nighter threads...

Heh. Seems we're always bumping into one another with the large events. Who knows? Maybe we'll be on such a live thread some day when we land on the moon again...or nab Osama bin Laden.   :o)

[DoughtyOne]

I've not seen Bush make a delivery anywhere near as bad as this guy's. Yes Bush does make verbal stumbles from time to time, but this guy just couldn't talk.

[CindyDawg]

As mentioned, one of the main reasons for not evacuating is not being allowed back in.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Not just New Orleans. I think of Plaquemine parish and some of the other parishes that they say may be completely underwater. There's a LOT of history there as well as a lot of people whose lives and belongings are in danger.

I'm not liking what I'm hearing about 65ft waves, and the possibility that 50-70% of the city could be under water by tomorrow night. I've never traveled to Louisiana, so I'm not familiar with the other communities. I wish the evacuation had started several days ago.

I really hope that this hurricane turns out to be much weaker than predicted.

[Tigen]

Storms in the storm. More tornado vortex signatures occuring more often.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?num=6&scale=1&delay=15&noclutter=1&showstorms=31&showlabels=1&ID=LIX&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&prevzoom=zoom
.

[Coldwater Creek]

Scary, scary!!!!!!!!

[Chena]

I called my folks today and they had just returned from a pig roast at their church. Mom said she thought the meat was a little tough and both of us at the same time said, "Bush's fault!". My dad picked up the other line and wanted to know WHAT was Bush's fault? We all had a good laugh over that.

[myprecious]

the lightning is GREEN

I saw 2 flashes of green lightening in a Texas thunderstorm one night. That is very eiry sight! Never heard any explanation for it.

[Sonar5]

Holy Cow, new high wave Height. 38.1 feet.

BOUY 42040
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42040

Wind Direction (WDIR): ESE ( 110 deg true )
Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 35.0 kts
Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 56.3 kts
Wave Height Wave Height (WVHT): 38.1 ft


Ok, now I'm really off to bed.

[Prime Choice]

You got it, your secret is safe.

*looking furtively side to side*

The circus elephant has lost its way.

*ducking and running for cover*

[aaCharley]

>>> Yes. Every time I think about it I get mad again. Those poor folks in the Dome are at risk because there was no plan to get them out of the city. It just infuriates me. <<<

+++++++

The advisories for this storm have been up for days.
I do not expect some government official to arrive in a vehicle to give me a lift. Nor do I expect them to be able to provide a lift out of town for several hundred thousand people too stupid to heed the advisories.

Be infuriated at the idiocy of the citizens. Not the officials.

[exhaustedmomma]

Mayor, Governor, or Senator... she's shown she's got the right stuff.

[newzjunkey]

Indications are that the cancer has likely returned.

Let's hope the indications are false!

[NautiNurse]

The feed is back up and reliable at WWL Ch 4

Hooray!

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: 'What do you want them to do? They did not have cars, could not afford an airline ticket and are not old enough to rent a car - they are just making the best out of a bad situation?

'Would you feel better if they spread panic and starting yelling "there is no hope - we're all going to die!!!" ?'

No, Jeff, I do not expect them to do as you suggest...

However, it was some 40 years ago when I was 18 and I do not think I would have just stayed around to face what these kids might face. Many young people of today seem to not have any common sense and I fear that is the story with these on FNC. I would have not stayed and giggled for the camera...

Even at my age being older than dirt with a guadcane, I would have found a way out of New Orleans...

[U S Army EOD]

You need to read back a bit, I was talking about Natalee Holiway and Olivia Newton-Johns boyfriend. A cold post and I felt bad when I did it, but sometimes you just can't help yourself.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, I hope so too. I would think the engineers would have been consulted before they used it. At least I would certainly hope so.

[CobaltBlue]

Grand Island - Grand Isle.

I expect Grand Isle to be scoured clean of all habitation. That means all houses and other man-made structures, humans and animals. and pretty much all vegetation.

My family went through Camille, I saw what happened to Ship Island and Cat Island, just as I describecd above. The only structure to survive was the fort on Ship Island and that was severely damaged and also almost covered by sand.

About a century ago my family lost everything on Dauphin Island, just as I described above. Crushed flat as a pancake or wiped clean.

Sad but true.

Prayers for those who choose to take the risk.

[onyx]

Nobody should still be in NO, Doughty. No one.