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

[blondee123]

Live cam still working, just saw a police vehicle go down the street with red lights flashing.

http://www.nola.com/paradecam/index.ssf?video

[silentknight]

There was a plan in place. Geesh. There have been plans in place for years now. FEMA made this a priority. There was poor leadership on the part of the mayor and his "men"

There has always been a "plan"

[Chena]

Pray harder.

Good advice for all of us, RobbyS. On that note, I'm REALLY going to get off this thread and go see what the latest reports are on the t.v. All of you in harm's way, will be in my thoughts and prayers. Goodnight all, chena

[Howlin]

Funny that you pop up after nine months to defend the mayor.

[SweetCaroline]

Look at the fool in NYC.....and the jerk in San Fransico!!!

[CindyDawg]

I was just thinking about that today. What can he not do, where he is at now? It would really mess up the hippies plans, wouldn't it?

[Ingtar]

WWL quoting: 26,000 people in the Superdome.

[RobbyS]

If they used the right models. I understand the levies are only designed to protect the city in case of a cat 3 hurricane. It eveidnetly cost too much to buoild for the worst case which, IAC, often cannot be anticipatred. The towers in NYC were designed to withstand a hit from a 707, I think, not planes as big as the ones that flew into it.

[John Jamieson]

Power is proportional to velocity cubed.

Drag is proportional to velocity squared.

141 mph is twice as big a wind load as 100 mph.

[adam_az]

No, he did not mention the nutria, but he did bluntly talk about idiots who refused to evacuate and say that they'll have a hard time collecting all the bodies that will be floating around. He also said that if anyone called, he'd try to get out to rescue them.

I wish we had more Harry Lees. That guy is great.

He's the giant Chinese guy turned bubba who takes his SWAT team out to shoot nutria at night with night vision goggles and sights.

[CaliGangsta]

I don't think oil prices will rise much due to the storm, production in the area is maybe 400K barrels per day. Futures are trading around 70 now, those take into account the predicted storm damage.

Now if a storm like this hit Arabia then we'd be talking $100 oil...

[newzjunkey]

It's aluminum siding on that roof. I don't have a lot of confidence in that technology in a storm where a piece of straw can be shot into a tree. It won't just be wind flowing but a debris field too.

WWL interviewing a FEMA? official. Official says 26,000 at the Super Dome.

[Elyse]

I talked to my daughter on the phone a little while ago. She said she had seen the college kids stuck down there on TV. She said, "You know, mom, I never before would have considered taking a ride with a stranger, but if I was in NO without a car and I saw what this storm looked like heading in on the radar, I'd be standing on the road with my thumb out and I'd get in any car, with anyone that offered to get me out of there."

[JeffAtlanta]

I would be seriously disappointed in anyone who would turn a natural disaster for ALL Americans into a political issue.

Yet that is exactly what many in this thread have done.

[Prime Choice]

The main thing I looked forward to when growing up was not having to answer to a parent ever again.

You must be a conservative. :-)

Yes. And an incredibly infuriating one according to my mom & dad.   ;o)

[blondee123]

Where do we report price gouging in Illinois, they've been doing it for months!!!

[Colorado Doug]

Well of course they are. Probably because I got my trusty Mod badge all shined up.

I didn't think you folks needed no stinking badges.

[BurbankKarl]

Plus they are going to open up the SRP

[pax_et_bonum]

WWL quoting: 26,000 people in the Superdome.

I hope they'll be alright... that building scares me, though.

[PhiKapMom]

Well put -- Bloomberg is not very good (understatement). Makes you wonder about these guys.

OKC has had some terrific Mayors over the last ten years.