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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: NautiNurse

OK; I really am off to bed. See ya in the morning...


541 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:14 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: katnip; filbert

Thanks. I didn't know that either.

We have Hot Spring pools in Oregon.

But here on the coast the pools are clorine.

I wonder why sea salt?
Isn't that hard on the filter and pump?

Or do they have a special type of system.

What about bacteria levels in a salt public pool?


542 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:22 PM PDT by oceanperch (Central Oregon Coast Rocks! Pride of the Pacific Northwest)
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To: battlegearboat

Pot liquor!

It was pretzels and Hershey's kisses, I'll have you know!!


543 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:28 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: RummyChick; All

I looked at New Orleans' Convention/Visitors Bureau and there seem to be a number of fine museums in No that could lose some of their collections.

For example, here is one:

http://www.confederatemuseum.com

This museum is south of the French Quarter and appears to have a very valuable and priceless collection of Civil War-related items.

I'd hope that some of the curators for these museums got many of these artifcats out of NO.


544 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:40 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: CFC__VRWC

IIRC, the levee tops are 18' above the river.


545 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:44 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

No It's not, still 904 from what I read.


546 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:48 PM PDT by Sonar5 (60+ Million have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: spanalot

defective equipment?


547 posted on 08/28/2005 9:06:53 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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Looks like jabber-jabber-jabber was the first FR fatality of Hurricane Katrina.


548 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:01 PM PDT by HighWheeler ("Would I turn on the gas if my pal Mugsy were in there?" "Ye might rabbit, ye might." ~ Bugs, 1954)
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To: Admin Moderator

Are under martial law on this thread?


549 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:05 PM 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: NormsRevenge

That is one huge storm.


551 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:18 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator
You ARE the weakest link, bye-bye.

I think jabber jabber,etc. just found the recipe for getting kicked off a thread.;)

552 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:23 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: mariabush

Sharing recipes is about finding comfort in a storm.


553 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:25 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Admin Moderator
Yep. There's two mods here now.

Does that make you two another "Mod Squad"?

554 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:25 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Can we swap Cindy Sheehan in Crawford for Cindy Crawford anywhere?)
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To: battlegearboat

They're crazy! That's several blocks closer to the Levee and it's an all glass building. Extremely nice, but not the safest building. W staff is really stupid for not closing.


555 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:26 PM PDT by RockyTop4GOP
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To: U S Army EOD

thanks Army. They usually either stay in port, or outrun the storms, but I got the impression this one sneaked up on them. The ship is the length of four football fields and is somewhat slow. Forgot to ask him how many knots she'd do. Do know they once dumped an entire load of Hummers into the sea that were loaded on deck in order to save the ship. don't know what they do with about a jillion barrels of oil.


556 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:28 PM PDT by texaslil (and)
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To: Gabz

We hung a sign over the boathouse - "Bring it on, B$TCH"


557 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:29 PM PDT by patton ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
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To: All

The WWL stream seems to be dead right now. Could just be too busy. Anyone else?


558 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:34 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: TypeZoNegative
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.

Mexico is sending an extra large supply of illegals to help with cleanup and looting...

559 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:34 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: mhking
Just a quick note: I was living in NO in 1965 near Lake Pontchartrain, left for home 3 days before Camile hit. Where I was living was under 20 feet of water, snakes sitting on all the high spots Good luck all.
560 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:36 PM PDT by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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