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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 |
They told them to bring food for 3 days.
Yup, but don't let your guard down. It's 1 MPH away from a 5.
Jeff, your credibility is zero, little one--be gone--poof!
Santa is going to put coal and onions in your Christmas stocking for telling fibs.
I'd love some coffee, but I can't tear myself away long enough to make it!
How'd you become so incredibly self-disciplined?
Well, she probably took you to see Old Yeller or Bambi, so I'd say you're even.
Apparently using the Dome has been part of their plan since 1998 (when it was last used, by only 14K & also LOOTED) I'm also hearing there are 10 other shelters in the city. Perhaps many that stayed thought NO would be spared, again.
A Cat 4 is still going to be plenty ugly.
Try not to order people who have been here years longer than you have around.
This is the way WE do it.
Not according to our local MS channels.
its kickin ass!!!
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-vis-loop.html
If the winds hadn't been so high, we'd be freaking out about a CAT 4.
And it's a BIG BAD CAT 4.
Yeah because hurricanes never cause rain for days. Maybe you should tell some many Atlanta residents that were flooded out of their homes by Dennis because it rained for days.
it is on the lastest statement...155mph...or 1mph below cat 5
It's not self-disiplne. One just has to be willing to skip several hundred posts.
Or take a speed reading course.
"Low" CAT 5........LOL.
Someone posted an image, or a link back a bit. The satellite image showed it was quite asymetric already. I think it's being broken up now and will simply slow down from now on. It needs that symetry to power up, or warmer water, but...
Go to bed, you either are completely forgeting what you were just told, or are simply arguing like a Democrat(completely ignoring the facts and logic just stated by asking the same circular line of questions as if never addressed.) As mentioned (twice) before, this is the only location where the city is in a bowl below sea level that is subject to a storm surge 5-10+ feet above the levees.
It is like having a city on the slope of a volcano without an eruption evac plan, and arguing that since no other city has one (since no other city is on the side of a volcano) then why should Lavaville have one? Whatever happened to your common sense?
See ya.
He mentioned that years ago before he retired the first time. I think it was when there was that big freeze that trapped many vehicles in upper Indiana and so forth. But I remember him telling stories about it specifically.
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