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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 |
Whoaaaaaa!
Wishful thinking.
Goto Louisiana/Mississippi Coastal Region Recent Marine Data
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/WestGulf_inset.shtml
Click on buoys TAML1, ILDL1 & BURL1, coastal area getting hammered.
At 42040 last report with 38 ft waves
At 42007 19 fts waves
All stations report pressure falling rapidly
I'm not necessarrily defending the mayor. My point is this (and it always has been). If you are going to gripe about something, offer a feasable alternative.
And you, of all people should know I am not a democrat. =)
We're talking about blaming one man for the effect of an incredibly huge act of God upon a city whose fate was sealed when it was built up into a massive population center sitting atop a geographical powder keg, some 300 years ago. All New Orleans has ever been able to do was pray that something like this didn't come along.
Ray Nagin doesn't deserve blame for something on this scale. No one person does, unless you want to go back to the Sieur de Bienville.
-Dan
A retired meteorologist sent an e-mail to Fox News this morning and he was warning about the poisonous snakes. He said that the flooding and winds wouldn't be what would necessarily cause the most casualties, it was the snakes. He said that the snakes will be everywhere as they try to escape the flood of salt water. Did I hear correctly?
Miracles....what we need now are lots of mircles.....
Oh, I had one while ago telling me that Bush should "leave his vacation at the ranch" and go back to D.C. because it looked bad.
You know the type: "I'm a lifelong Republican but..."
You must be a conservative. :-)
The most practical was the suggestion of bus lanes with busses picking people up at designated points. Trains could also have been used.
But we didn't see any of this, did we? Nope. The plan for the poor was NO PLAN.
It's the biggest and best facility they have, but I have not heard anyone promise it's safe. They just "don't know."
Thanks Jeff. You too...
How would an evacuation order have affected these people? It's not like the city has the means to bus the people out of town.
Exactly why the authorities should have suggested evacuation earlier.
Prayers that the "indications" are wrong! Thinking of you....
Bumping you up to the top of my prayer list.
I don't even know who Morial is -- I live in NORMAN, OK. I do know moron statements when I see them and this Mayor last night took the cake when he said he couldn't order an evacuation.
You guys defending this Mayor amaze me -- he had NO plan and without being forced by the President's announcement not sure he would ordered evacuation. I have heard him several times during the day and think less of him everytime. Too much of this is not going to hit New Orleans by this Mayor to suit me.
I listened to the news reports all day and am fairly certain that I heard them say that President Bush actually pleaded with them, or forcefully encouraged them (my words, not theirs) to order an evacuation. Did anyone else hear this?
Well, the initial 'voice of Satan' lousy audio on his speech today was horrid, but that wasn't the President's fault, other than perhaps for failing to fire the increasingly inept WH PR staff.
We will probably all see pigs fly before we see $$ from other than the Brits, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians. Remember after 9-11 the Saudi prince who wanted to give NYC 1 mil (it may have been more) but proceeded to lecture the US first--Rudy G. told him to st*** it.
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