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

[spunkets]

Just goin' through the recipes. AM 870 disappeared up here in WI awhile ago. They were giving listeners the sound of the wind at the time.

[Snoitan5]

Thank you for your service! (and the links)

[Citizen Soldier]

"Snakes, it had to be snakes" - I. Jones

[OKIEDOC]

Those in the above ground graves in New Orleans are known as the secret Democrat registered voting block.

Or as some say the difference in most elections.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

They got a ton of MRE's from the National Guard. There will be food for those without any tomorrow at the Dome.

[nunya bidness]

You know who they were? (Maybe?)

Oh yeah. Sons of mullet netters who think the world owes them a living. Every one of them couldn't contain themselves when they went to sell items stolen from the folks on Sanibel.

It was a joke. They would put items at the curb if it didn't garner enough money and the cops were laughing at their stupidity.

They won't have it nearly as easy the next time.

[Flyer]

I just made a fresh pot of coffee, so I'm here with y'all for the duration.

[JeffAtlanta]

Could you share with me a city that does have a plan like this in place?

[de Buillion]

""all..its time to stop the normal back and forth chatter now and only post "hard news" i think? agree? "

I totally agree. All idiots out there posting recipes for gumbo or whatever should be suspended. There are many here wondering about the life/death fate of loved ones. Can we please forgo the G.D. recipes to a more appropriate time? DUH!

[Colorado Doug]

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

Mine has a mini digicam and GPS uplink.

Well, that's different. Um . . . I want one too.
No wonder you keep that baby shined up.

[warsaw44]

Just really glad Art is doing the show rather than Norry. With Norrys off the wall, off subject side comments I'd really lose it.

[bonfire]

aw geez. I took my Grandmother to see that movie and when that part came on she started shaking and sobbing. She never EVER forgave me!

[exhaustedmomma]

Well, you'd think after telling people during Ivan to crawl in their attics... with an ax (to hack their way out if it didn't work)... you'd just think they would have thought this over. But no. And now... they are still telling people to hit their attics... can't you see a 80+ year old on a walker or wheelchair doing just that. They've gotten better... now they are telling them to do that; and out of the other side of their mouth, telling them to get in their cars and go anywhere. (This afternoon they were saying this.) Sitting stuck in a traffic jam with this monster storm approaching is just plain "leadership" gone amuck. BTW, there are more to "storms hitting" than "weather" storms.

[onyx]

He was a police dispatcher. Didn't know he was 911 operator.

[PAR35]

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.

I'll concede that anyplace is better than NO at this point, but at the time they would have needed to start the process, there was some risk that it could hit west of where it is going to - meaning that you might be moving folks into the path of danger. (But, of course not as bad as it is looking like it will turn out.)

The second problem is that it is my guess that the shelters will be packed by folks who got themselves there. I'll try to remember to check tomorrow to see what reports are on that.

To make my position clear, however, let me say that I do agree that the mayor and the governor were way behind the curve on getting things started.

[Termite_Commander]

Wow. That's insane.

I heard earlier, perhaps on one of these threads, that you can lean into winds of 80 MPH and the winds will keep you upright.

[Howlin]

You expect those evacuated to sit on the gym floor for at least a week?

You need to stop posting, Jeff; you're just showing your ignorance of hurricanes.

[Peach]

Is that a little less rain they are predicting?

[BurbankKarl]

Now a Cat 4?