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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

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

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amscray; bugoutnow; getoutadodge; getoutoftown; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; katrinaandthewaves; livehurricanekatrina; lordprotectnoandla; nawlins; neworleans; tropical; walkingonsunshine; weather
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To: JeffAtlanta
do you know of any city that has evacuation plans of moving 100,000 people OUT of the city?

Just curious: do you know of any other city BELOW sea level that has been under threat of a BIG BAD hurricane for the last 100 years that doesn't have a plan?

"It will turn" is NOT a plan, Jeff.

You're either being deliberately obtuse or just damn disengenuous.

They HAVE a plan; FEMA has a plan...........but they didn't implement it IN TIME.

1,681 posted on 08/28/2005 11:55:19 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: BurbankKarl
Caller to Art Bell just said gasoline futures are up 20 cents in Chicago

That'll mean about $1 more here in SoCal. ;)

1,682 posted on 08/28/2005 11:55:27 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: exhaustedmomma
If these elected morons can "canvass" neighborhoods for votes...

Bet they could bus hundreds of thousands to the polls. Geez even the graves are above ground... all the more convenient for the circulation-challenged voters.

1,683 posted on 08/28/2005 11:55:54 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal (Wisely investing in quality tin foil wardrobe basics since 1998)
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To: JeffAtlanta

Jeff--I'm really beginning to believe you fibbed about ever being in a hurricane. Shame on you.


1,684 posted on 08/28/2005 11:56:01 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: All

Latest update:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
116 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

.EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AROUND DAYBREAK. THE HURRICANE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN DURING THE
MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS MONDAY AND THE LOWER PEARL RIVER VALLEY
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. DEVASTATING WINDS OF CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE
STRENGTH WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF KATRINA SOUTH OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN AND WINDS OF AT LEAST CATEGORY THREE STRENGTH WILL
OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF KATRINA NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR
GREATER WILL EXTEND OUT AS MUCH AS 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 74 MPH WILL EXTEND OUT OVER 200
MILES FROM THE CENTER.


1,685 posted on 08/28/2005 11:56:09 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Citizen Soldier

Oh, what a relief for you all! Something to be thankful for today!


1,686 posted on 08/28/2005 11:56:18 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: non-anonymous

See 1626


1,687 posted on 08/28/2005 11:56:32 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: JeffAtlanta

N.O. caller evacuated to Baker, La.

Art "Why did your friends stay?"

Caller "Through the years, they havent lost much"...figure the most they can lose is the roof of their house


1,688 posted on 08/28/2005 11:56:49 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: warsaw44

I heard the people are getting MRE's at the dome.


1,689 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:01 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: spunkets

Is there going to be a test on that stuff after this thread is over? :-)


1,690 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:02 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: JeffAtlanta

So you are saying that "these people" are just better off dead? I think every last one of them would rather be "crammed" into a knook for a week than drowning.

But that's just me. Call me crazy.


1,691 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:14 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: silentknight

LOL!!! Planes are seeding the hurricane -- I like that one but can guarantee you someone will think it is true! :)


1,692 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:17 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: MidwestOpinion

:-)


1,693 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:18 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: PhiKapMom
All night long the Weather Channel has been trying to say it looks like it is moving due north but the local New Orleans channels have said it is still moving to the NW.

NNNW would be my way of describing it.

1,694 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:25 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Visit Club Gitmo - The World's Only Air-Conditioned Gulag.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Keep watching the NWS page for alerts...that will be the first place you hear about flooding....


1,695 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:45 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: PureSolace

That's what I was figuring, considering conservation of angular momentum, which is why I've been watching for it.


1,696 posted on 08/28/2005 11:57:46 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: Howlin

Are you listening to this letter being read from Mary Landru??

She is such a Bleep


1,697 posted on 08/28/2005 11:58:24 PM PDT by Mo1 (Hey Cindy ... tell us again why Our Country is not worth fighting for)
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To: BurbankKarl


Seriously, Karl, is Art hosting tonight?


1,698 posted on 08/28/2005 11:58:30 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: Citizen Soldier

Evidently.


1,699 posted on 08/28/2005 11:58:34 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Flyer

Thanks!

I'll be right back... do you mind waiting?


1,700 posted on 08/28/2005 11:58:35 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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