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

[Thinkin' Gal]

http://www.tropicalisle.com/webcam.html

Looks like the party's over.

[RummyChick]

How about making a Hurricane -NON-HURRICANE CHIT CHAT thread.

[cherry]

hey, cj....good luck tonite and tomorrow......we'll be thinking of ya....

[silentknight]

Tornado warnings southeast of the Superdome. Nice image on radar a few minutes ago. Appeared there may have been a tornado.

[Artemis Webb]

"Agreed. Someone posted there are tornado warnings in NO now and it went ignored"

You didn't ignore it.

[mhking]

Stop the stream and restart it; you'll see the anchors at LSU.

WDSU's live stream is still being simulcast from WESH in Orlando.

[Skywarner]

WWL (via streaming) reporting that Texas Urban Search and Rescue team on standby for deployment to NO...

[Admin Moderator]

I'll take some hops and yeast and fermentation with that sandwich....

[bonfire]

I TRIED to read COD, but just didn't get it. I must really be dense.

[tiki]

It would be more silly for you to tattle just because it annoyed you.

[Sonar5]

Not that I think the recipes are a good idea here, but I admit, I cut and pasted the Pretzel, and Hersheys Kisses one, and then printed it out.

I do hope you stay safe there.

Joe

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

[ArtyFO]

anybody got a link to NO PD or FD scanners?

[Vermont Lt]

Its not like this is a tornado.

The thing is moving right along and it hasnt really changed over the past hour or so.

I think these threads provide great insight to the quilt of personalities that make a virtual community a community.

If the message is about a reciepe, scroll by it. You arent going to miss anything.

[mhking]

One last post of the streaming links, then I'm headed up to bead...

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

[PhiKapMom]

I am glad you said that about Lyons -- I was thinking the same thing. WWL has it still going to the NW unlike the Weather Channel.

[NonValueAdded]

WESH is putting it out over the air in Orlando too. With the DirecTV delay, I have a sort of stereo effect going between the tube and the PC.

[Black Tooth]

Take kraft italian dressing soak a tri tip in it for a few hours butterfly it BBQ to your taste then for dessert Cinnamon toast

Uh, I thought this was a hurricane thread, but if you have to post these recipes, I'll just pass them on to my wife.

Thanks....I think...

[NautiNurse]

Tornado warnings southeast of the Superdome.

Within the city limits?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

...what happens when they cut the power in advance of the storm? (And they will...)

Big Caterpillar diesel generators...