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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 |
Oh good. It's probably because I borrowed the Admin Mod's badge polish.
Engineer's hubris. You know, like the Space Shuttle and WTC. No, seriously, the Superdome is not below sea level so it should be relatively safe from flooding. Honestly, they're guessing whether it'll be sufficient. There is a reason it is *not* being called a "shelter" by the officials but rather a "destination of last resort." They're very careful about that.
Supposedly the roofing has been replaced (the panels, not the coating) recently. There are outdated wind data profiles but since they don't exactly have time to dream up an alternative.
"Eyewall replacement lasted 20 minutes according to Channel 2."
Damn, that's pretty fast, isn't it? I recall hearing earlier today (and yesterday) that eyewall replacement took several hours.
On the face of it, this doesn't sound good at all.
No, we're talking about a mayor who is a simpleton and can't put two sentences together in a row.
He could barely read his OWN order today for the evacuation; and yesterday he actually said he didn't KNOW if he could order a mass evacuation.
Anybody who doesn't know that, shouldn't be the MAYOR of any city, much less New Orleans.
He's going to get blamed because he did NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO during the storm of the century.
Of course not. But if I had small kids there is nothing that would have stopped me from getting out of Dodge one way or another when I heard of the impending storm coming. Too many of these people interviewed had other choices but chose to stay too long then got stuck, kids and all. Let the gov't help the sick, elderly and truly helpless people; some of these folks could have left on their own early on. God help them all to make it through.
Prayers for you, Prime!
That's a heck of a lot of people to not be sure. It's too late now and they have to put them somewhere though.
A few years ago in SW Kansas a storm bl;ew in that dropped the temps from the 70's to low 20's in a matter of minutes with wind gusts of 90mph, and semi-trailers were ripped off the highways, me and my van however were able to drudge along at about 45 mph and managed to stay upright. Of course we were used to high winds in SW Kansas.
Ya just gotta love Rudy for that! That was something I'll never forget.
They don't make em' like Rudy anymore.
Sorry, but I just think that in the case of natural disasters a government is supposed to plan for the safety of all of its citizens, not just the smart ones and the ones who own cars. There are a whole lot of children in the Superdome, you know. Are they undeserving idiots, too?
Heard they have ceased emergency services and told personnel to go to shelters.
I'd be surprised.... but if you're praying for New Orleans, as most good Freepers have been, you're praying for a whoooooooole lot of Democrats. Louisiana is still a blue state.
-Dan
Cynthia McKinney took the money.
Hey, can you give me the feed to that TV station in NO?
Don't forget to put Japan on the list. They always come through with help and money even though the media rarely reports it.
Shoot, there goes my "milk money". :(
Well I will defend the mayor because the previous mayor...mayor Morial was a crook! Secondly, the other night before going to bed katrina was a cat 3 and then this morning its a Cat 5! That wasnt expected. Also, how do you prepare a plan for a once in a century hurricane for a city that is BELOW sea level? Simple, you cant. Thats like complaing about the mayor of Los Angeles when a 10.0 earthquake strikes Los Angeles.
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