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

[onyx]

Our dog is sleeping and that's what I'm going to try to do now.

Prayers for all in harms way.

[Howlin]

92+ in front, from what I read.

[txdoda]

Largest post is Ft. Polk, which is over close to the East Texas border.

Yes, I knew there weren't any real close to NO.

I lived in Houma for 3 years, & I know many 'cajuns' never evac (far) for any storm. I rode one out, while many of my friends evac'd to Baton Rouge, as often happens, the storm turned, & BR area ended up with much more rain/wind than we got in Houma.

[Flyer]

With 5 computers and a PocketPC on my network you would think I would have that covered, huh?

[newzjunkey]

I don't even lurk there anymore, too infuriating!

And yet their vote is equal to yours. Talk about infuriating!

[txdoda]

Largest post is Ft. Polk, which is over close to the East Texas border.

Yes, I knew there weren't any real close to NO.

I lived in Houma for 3 years, & I know many 'cajuns' never evac (far) for any storm.

I rode one out, while many of my friends evac'd to Baton Rouge, as often happens, the storm turned, & BR area ended up with much more rain/wind than we got in Houma.

[adam_az]

"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!"

Settle down, Frances. Think of this as the calm before the storm.

[M. Espinola]

Katrina, the big picture

[TheSpottedOwl]

It amazes me that these people could think of making a buck off this disaster. Oh I know that it happens, but it's usually after something hits, like earthquakes. There was a problem with the last big one in So Cal.

[spunkets]

" no wind sheer to break it up."

Sheer is just the difference to velocity. WHen it goes to land the drag is much higher on there, than over the water on the other side. The drag slows it and the E goes into messing up the land instead of wave action. Look at the sat images now and compare them to before. I thing there's hurricane winds in NO now. Cells and tornadoes are spinning off now in MS and LA.

[newzjunkey]

I miss the old days; he used to be a great radio host.

[NautiNurse]

Nighters

[mplsconservative]

Me too.

There's not a heck of a lot I can do about anything right now, save praying for these poor folks.

G'Night. Bless you.

[ChefKeith]

Try one of these

[onyx]

Nite, (at least for a while).

[de Buillion]

"Try not to order people who have been here years longer than you have around. This is the way WE do it. "

Sorry, Howlin, I know that you are a Charter member. I did not realize that I was referring to you as posting recipes.

[Howlin]

I'm not going to argue about that; that's what they've been saying on TV.

[NautiNurse]

you know where we will be if you can't sleep...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Hello, Onyx. We're being nightowls again...