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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: Semper911; Ellesu
Did you see these links to water level on Ponchatrain?

Awesome.

2,141 posted on 08/29/2005 2:40:53 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: bobdsmith

That's the wind blowing tree branches in front of a streetlight.


2,142 posted on 08/29/2005 2:41:42 AM PDT by Born on the Storm King
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To: Ellesu
Debris just flew by the W Hotel.

That crane is going to be going before the day is through.

2,143 posted on 08/29/2005 2:42:16 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: andyandval

and it's still early.


2,144 posted on 08/29/2005 2:42:49 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: All

Does anyone have a link to a live radar image of the storm?


2,145 posted on 08/29/2005 2:43:01 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: Godebert

You were here when I went to bed at midnight. Yeoman's work, girl. Good job. Thanks for keeping the thread alive.


2,146 posted on 08/29/2005 2:43:31 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
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To: Semper911

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/la/nwis/uv/?site_no=073802338&agency_cd=USGS

This guage shows 12 feet plus with 40 mph winds.


2,147 posted on 08/29/2005 2:43:49 AM PDT by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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To: bobdsmith

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.klix.shtml


2,148 posted on 08/29/2005 2:43:52 AM PDT by Flyer (Home from Crawford (Houston))
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To: Semper911

bookmarking


2,149 posted on 08/29/2005 2:44:24 AM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: Semper911

Wonderful sites--thank you very much!


2,150 posted on 08/29/2005 2:44:37 AM 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: bobdsmith
Fox is showing that AMIGO Spanish course commerical. I wish someone would tell that woman she is pronouncing, pronouncing wrong
2,151 posted on 08/29/2005 2:45:04 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: Flyer

thanks


2,152 posted on 08/29/2005 2:45:04 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: andyandval
Did you see these links to water level on Ponchatrain?

Yup, I hope those stations stay up for us.

I believe they will be the only real-time info we will have. The teevee networks are useless at this point.

2,153 posted on 08/29/2005 2:46:02 AM PDT by Semper911 (Real estate is not real anymore.)
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To: All

is it me or has the hurricane lost about half its strength?


2,154 posted on 08/29/2005 2:46:09 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: All

SHEP is on! He is still at the hotel in the FQ


2,155 posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:08 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: All

oh and has streetcarcam just gone down?


2,156 posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:14 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: Semper911

I just wanted to make sure ellesu saw your great links. Thanks.


2,157 posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:50 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: bobdsmith

I think so.


2,158 posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:50 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
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To: stlnative
True, they're both mounted on the side of a bar called Fat Harry's, with is just about two blocks down from my Mom's ancestral home on Upperline. They sold it out of the family last year.
2,159 posted on 08/29/2005 2:48:02 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: bobdsmith

I lost the streetcam too


2,160 posted on 08/29/2005 2:48:06 AM PDT by Sammie42
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