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

[Strategerist]

Yeah, but New Madrid seems to get an appropriate level of publicity.

[Treeless Branch]

I have been off the board, but working all day from home with Fox News on in the background.

So, are my wife and I the only ones who think this storm will not be nearly as destructive as all the networks are predicting? The networks are clearly smelling huge ratings with all of this hype. The anchors were even personally attacking people standing by the shore of the gulf. The talking heads were dumbfounded that the people dared to defy the networks' hype machine!!! Of course, they didn't criticize their camerman and reporter standing in the same place. Really funny stuff.

Anyhow, are we the only ones, or are we just mean, cynical conservatives?

[Rebelbase]

I like to mix the cinnamon and sugar on top of the butter before I toast the bread (in a toaster oven).

[benjaminjjones]

I just noticed Drudge has a "Full Links" at the bottom of the Katrina links list. It's got tons of links to anything Katrina related.

[Peach]

Looks like you're the It for now :-)

Off for a little lie down for a bit.

[Domestic Church]

"It is a well known fact,,any disaster discussion on FR is only done with recipes sprinkled in..."

And I've got a crockpot full of beans to go along with the prayers going up as I've skimmed all these threads today.

[headsonpikes]

I'll have a glass of barley soup, thank you very much

We Canadians are used to heftier barley products, I guess. ;^)

[CFC__VRWC]

The New Orleans radar still shows it bearing down right on top of the city. Some of the heavier bands nearer the center of the storm are starting to enter the city. Conditions south of the city look very bad already, and getting much worse rapidly.

[spanalot]

Stoli Rasberry and club soda on ice with with 2 tablespoons of OJ - tastes like fruit punch and very low carbs.

[Modernman]

So when are all the other nations of the world going to help us? We helped them when their countries had tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes.

FWIW, Mexico and Israel sent search specialists to help at the WTC.

But, let's be realistic- we don't really need anyone's help to deal with disasters in this country. We are capable of handling them on our own.

[Hand em their arse]

definitely noted... lol! i actually used the word "elephantine" as a size description... wouldn't that call for at least a grin??

[oceanperch]

The tanks that held the Dolphins were at risk before decades ago in the last Hurricane this size to hit N.O. but the other areas of that Aquarium are safe.

I wondered about the pool water too.

They will have the Dolphin's Careproviders wit them as long as possible around the clock.

Sounds like N.O. is going to be one big Honeypot after the storm.

[adam_az]

"Why is it Bush's fault? "

Bush Cheney Haliburton Global Warming Oil Prices, etc etc etc.

Just wait.

[HighWheeler]

Not a bad way to learn on FR, just ask, and 4 people step up to the plate and deliver!

[Admin Moderator]

Let's cool it with the rhetoric on this thread.

[daybreakcoming]

Just heard from someone overseas in ME that can access CNN International and people there are transfixed with this storm also.

[PhiKapMom]

That is how I fix mine -- now I am getting hungry. What I would really like tonight is a funnel cake!

[Coldwater Creek]

Mine are on the Miss./Alabama border. I know calling them and pestering would not be the thing to do.

[JLS]

Still pretty calm here just north of I-10 in Baldwin County AL.

[filbert]

Wow. I wonder where they put all the other sea animals. I imagine they had to drain the chlorinated pool and put salt water in.

Some swimming pools by the sea are salt water pools, not chlorinated.