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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 |
I saw that just last week!
Bravo!
It's under Listen Live or Live Coverage.
You are correct PAR35. You can get 10,000 to 15,000 out with about 100 modern passenger cars...enough to empty the Superdome in two or three round trips.
Where would they go? Lake Charles...perhaps Beaumont. Wouldn't get them ENTIRELY out of the storms path....but both locations should be much better off than NO.
As for shelters, the usual: gymns, churches, warehouses, Sam's Club, Costco...
There are quite literally thousands of people right now along this coast that fear they may die later today. The death toll has the potential of being 10 WTC attacks. This could make the Iraq War 'death toll' look very minor in comparison. Emergency response to the area could quite literally save thousands of lives. They will need hundreds of volunteers. There will be thousands of emergency evacs needed. As usual, flooding will be the main problem.
Yes, and Pax and Ditter. And I'm sure there are many more.
This is gonna be an all nighter.
Alexandria coverage at this link:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
The Alexandria Town Talk reports that Rapides Parish schools will be open as usual on Monday, so it's waaaaaay past my bedtime and this will be my last post of the night. It turns out that the school board was trying to judge whether or not the schools would need to be turned into shelters for evacuees before they rendered their decision.
My little girl and I went out for a late dinner and we noticed quite a few construction vehicles parked at Shoney's belonging to a company with a Houma address. Coincidentally, I just purchased a used vehicle this week at an auction, and the title indicates that its previous owner lived in Houma. It's a cute little car that was well maintained, so I'm glad that I rescued it from possible destruction at its former home!
We struck up a friendly conversation with an evacuating family in the Shoney's parking lot, and they told us they had no hotel reservations. I told them about the City of Alexandria's decision to open its municipal buildings and animal shelter to evacuees, and they were very grateful.
MacArthur Drive was full of vehicles clogging hotel driveways even though "No Vacancy" appeared on the marquees. I noticed an Alexandria police car parked next to the office at the Super 8 and wondered whether things were starting to get ugly at the front desk.
Meanwhile, in Pineville, a power transformer had blown out affecting the streetlights running down the length of Main Street and a good portion of the city. We were at a friend's house when she got a phone call from a relative who said was trapped in the dark with a newborn baby, and my friend took off like a shot to rescue them. It was pretty eerie, and I was grateful that it didn't affect the whole town. Still, when we stocked up on supplies, we made a point not to buy any more frozen food in case we should lose power ourselves.
I can't stay awake any longer, so one more time, I'll send prayers to everyone in Katrina's path. Stay safe and dry, y'all -- pleasant dreams!
Great job!
That's what Karl says.
100 mph winds won't kill you unless they drop a tree or a VW Bug on your head.
ha! I'm here in the north GA mountains now. Last summer I saw that familiar cap on a guy in the parking lot of a local shopping center. I yelled across the parking lot. He didn't miss a beat with the SOONER. Felt like I was back home for a minute. ;-)
KAOK guy just said winds were 100 mph in the greater NO areas...
He used to chase tornadoes with the "young Art Bell"
back after commercials
No......hope the scumbag is caught.
20 people werent killed at those apartments?
The impact of insects at that speed stings a little though.
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Sure they can. Coliseum, athletic dept gyms, student recreational facilities, classrooms with chairs pushed into the corner. Numerous local school buildings and govt buildings in the capital, too. Expensive, looting problems, but in a once in a lifetime emergency that can be dealt with. We have in the past.
Are you talking about me, Flyer?
Any thing weather related is obviously Global Warming and we all know that is Bush's fault.
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