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

[JeffAtlanta]

100 mph winds won't kill you unless they drop a tree or a VW Bug on your head.

Odds are there will be debris flying around in 100 mph winds.

[Howlin]

in 18 hours in an EMERGENCY situation.

As already discussed ad nauseum on these threads, ALL of the plans for New Orleans call for 72 hours to evacuate. They have for YEARS.

This guy had from Friday afternoon to DO SOMETHING......and he didn't........he waited till Bush called him and told him to order an evacuation.

[NautiNurse]

Which hurricane were you in?

[don-o]

No such thing on the page I am bring up from wwl.com

[BurbankKarl]

I am guessing letting that crowd in Sams Club would be a bad decision.

[Cboldt]

I feel like I'm on a death watch.

Because you, and many others, are.

Death and destruction. I pray that the storm just, out of the clear blue, vanishes. Failing that, that all the affected people find their way to safety.

[de Buillion]

"However, the cause of the green tint has not been proven conclusively. Doesn't hydrogen glow green when it ionizes? "

I believe that the green of some lightning strikes comes from the copper in transformers vaporizing. However, I have seen red lightning also, don't know where that comes from.

[Sidebar Moderator]

"*looking furtively side to side* The circus elephant has lost its way. *ducking and running for cover*"

This is the first I've heard about wild animals running loose. Hmm, I wonder who is honored with the cleanup task.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

And high winds for hours cause a lot more damage....

[nunya bidness]

I don't think that's the ENTIRE story.

You're right. The entire story is that folks on the Sanibel Causeway were prevented from returning to their homes despite reports of looters gaining access to the island by boat and stripping their homes. That won't happen again.

This year LE has made residents obtain mirror tags that clearly identify them as residents and furthermore most of us on the barrier islands know who the scumbags are/were that pilfered the houses on the islands.

It won't go down the same way again. Trust me.

[AntiGuv]

Well, yes, that's most certainly true, but I've been outside in approximately 90-100mph winds and I'm still here.

[flying Elvis]

There was no party. Only 23 people stayed at the apartments, eight died. The legend of the party is based on the story of one survivor and is vehemently denied by the others.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Amen to your prayer.

[JeffAtlanta]

Sure they can. Coliseum, athletic dept gyms, student recreational facilities, classrooms with chairs pushed into the corner.

You're going to house 50,000 to 100,000 people at LSU by stacking them up in classrooms with chairs pushed in the corners?

[Ostlandr]

Is it too soon to start praying for everybody in the path of this monster? I went through Agnes back in '72- that did a lot of damage all the way through upstate NY and Western PA- valleys filled up like bathtubs.
One hamlet along the Genesee River, Mudville, which was still recovering from the '67 flood, was literally wiped off the map- several people died. Multiply this by the entire Missippi and Ohio river valleys and we're talking biblical destruction.

[warsaw44]

Karl always does - I have no idea how he does it.

[Howlin]

And you will never get a realistic answer to that question.

If you guys had some facts, this discussion wouldn't be so repetitive.

They DID bus some of the people at the Super Dome to Baton Rouge.

And if you have a plan in advance -- i.e., more than 12 hours before the storm hits, there are a million military bases around there, for starters.

[Mo1]

They only pull them off the street when things are getting really bad

Sending prayers for all those still stuck down there

[PureSolace]

The WWL people were talking about a 3D map of Katrina or something and they were all going. Oooooo Ahhhhhh. Anyone have a link to that site? (They couldnt show it on TV cause... they said they couldnt. I wanna see it.

[Ronzo]

Remember how few animals were harmed during the tsunami? There was no warning. Let's hope for the best.

Well, I don't think those animals were locked in a cage that's soon going to be several feet under water! As bad as things are, I don't think it would be a good idea to let the African lions roam the deserted streets of NO...then live thru it....talk about HUNGRY!

Ya' know what I've been wondering about all day? The sharks that have been biting and attacking people. With the water rising, etc., you know they are really gonna be in a "mood"... wonder what they are gonna do. :0

Don't worry, the gator's will eat them before they can cause any trouble... ;^)