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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by 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
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 |
Do you know if the story claiming Clarence Thomas was 'left behind' in NO was accurate or was the MSM mistaken?
Prayers up for all the hurricaine folks...and for those of us who love expert commentary...a special shout-out for Prime Choice!!!
PC...ride the wave of these prayers!!!
"the incompetence which is obvious"
We recognize the problems, but no one has offered any suggestions which are logisticaly feasible.
Boats up the river? How many boats? How fast can they travel?
I-10 was shut down for construction on the west side this weekend IIRC.
Yeah, me too re: seeing a car. I don't think Katrina has hit there yet. They said there's another eye wall developing. That's a new one on me. I'm actually going to listen to Art Bell tonight.
I know. I was kidding you.
Got a link?
Ask the people in the Carolinas and Florida if they think that mandatory evacuations should be taken lightly. They have been evacuated so many times and had such a hard time getting back that they don't even leave anymore.
Do these people not have TV or radio? Why do they need to mayor to tell them to evacuate? When storms roll through Georgia, I couldn't care less what some politicians have to say. I listen to the weather service and make my own decisions.
This is getting just as bad as the democrats blaming Bush for everything under the sun. I know you feel a need to blame someone, but sometimes bad things just happen to good people.
They just said on Channel 2 what you are saying -- the radar cannot see that far out to pick up the backside.
What makes the super dome so safe? I wouldn't be in there, no way. They said there are new buildings that weren't there back when they tested it before for wind speeds.
Ya know, even though this is a very powerful storm, it is also an unusually large one for its power. So am wondering, could we see some weakening right before the eyewall reaches the city simply because the north and west side of a notable amount of the storm will by then be over land, some of which is more than just swampland?
That's one reason why I have such a large problem with au-thor-i-tay. The main thing I looked forward to when growing up was not having to answer to a parent ever again.
Hey, Admin Moderator? Sidebar M. said that I can wear the Dunce hat and I don't even have to pay the hat check charge. Ooooops, psssssst, sorry, Sidebar Moderator. Guess I have to wear the hat AND sit in that stupid little chair in the corner too, huh? Please don't tell my mom. ;)
"Repeating the midnight CDT position...27.9 N... 89.5 W. Movement
toward...north-northwest near 10 mph. Maximum sustained
winds...160 mph. Minimum central pressure... 908 mb."
Thanks. I plugged that in. It indicates a slight northerly turn, but not enough to rule out wobble.
The Forecast Discussion plots are rougher than the Vortex plots. The FC's are in decimal degrees while the Vortex ones are in degrees and minutes, which cuts down on the "smear error" a little bit.
Taking the last two FC plots only the straightline course runs through Kenner, or 9 miles west of the center of downtown New Orleans.
That would be my bottom line also. If news crews want to stay, I'd advise against it, but okay. Civilians other than that should be evacuated.
These civilians get into trouble and then police and fire crews have to expose themselves to danger unnecessarily. That angers me.
Hey I lived on my sailboat at Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian for two years. I worked a Mississippi Army Ammo Plant.
Why do I get the feeling we have some Dems on this thread? Cannot feature anyone else defending the Mayor.
Not good.
Fox just said it would reach land by sunrise. Guess it's time to turn off my pc.
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