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

[ChefKeith]

LOL

I figured if you went that far that it would just be an IV drip.

[M. Espinola]

It's massive but slightly downgraded - slightly.

Hurricane, Now Category 4 Storm, Heads for Louisiana (Update2)

[I_dmc]

Yes. One person talking seems to have the problem. Talking with 2 guys at Hyatt.

[CaptSkip]

Settle down, Frances.

Though I totally agree with your sentiment, lets try to keep our movie references accurate.

"Lighten up Frances." Bill Murray, Stripes.

"And if I catch any of you guys touchin' my stuff...?...I'll kill ya'."

[silentknight]

She continues to weaken. Not much but some. Keep hope alive. She is still extremely dangerous.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I would imagine that parts of New Orleans have already gotten 5-10 inches, but haven't seen any real totals yet.

[ajolympian2004]

[spunkets]

THanks. Yeah, any chem spills would be a disaster. I would think most of those companies are more conscienicous than the mayor and gov though and would have done a better prep job.

[adam_az]

"Something that many people don't think about is that the recipes, jokes, and other off-topic subjects keep the thread bumped to the top so more people will see it. This is true of any "disaster" thread, especially breaking news ones. The lighter comments don't reflect poorly on those posting them ... they serve several very useful purposes."

Not only that, but it's the middle of the night, and nothing is really happening yet. If you're up this late reading FR, you should expect to see silly stuff, even in the face of danger and destruction.

[NautiNurse]

I think the post said Nagin had supported the Pubbie candidate who ran for Governor agaist Blanco.

Agree with your accountability analysis.

[Flyer]

Rain totals

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/latest/DS.80stp/si.klix.shtml

[adam_az]

Thank you! rotflmao and stuff.

[newzjunkey]

One person talking seems to have the problem.

Thanks. The LSU students are doing the best they can, I'm sure.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Thank you for the continued updates. You're working hard tonight.

[NautiNurse]

had a problem momentarily, and the guy said they were having a technical problem. It's fine now.

[Pirogue Captain]

"I can't help you confirm that. However, I do remember that Nagin backed Bobby Jindal and not Blanco for Gov. He caught a lot of flack for that."



Thanks for the info. I believe Nagin started out with good intentions. He just ran up against a political machine that was more interested in feathering its own nest, rather than actually doing anything to solve the crime and schools problem. Corruption ruled the day.

[exhaustedmomma]

Choice.

How much choice did these citizens have? It is one thing to be "told", to be "informed", and quite another to be left out of the loop. It's an even greater travesty to have been ill-informed, uninformed, and stranded.

[ajolympian2004]

[spunkets]

Do you know how much larger than Camile this 'cane is?

[TheSpottedOwl]

Unreal. They're demanding that Bush tour the aftermath? Like he wouldn't automatically be there? Will Cindy be far behind?