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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

I've got what I've got.... let's just say that I don't want this thing to make any left turns.

-Dan

701 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:03 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
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To: seamole

65 feet?


702 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:21 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: PhiKapMom
Hand dipped chocolate covered pretzels, though a wee bit more fussy to make, aren't hard.

In a double boiler ( or a small put put over a larger pot that has slowly boiling water in it, melt 16 ounces of cooking/baking chocolate and a 1/2 a stick of unsalted butter, turn flame down to low, use a large toothpick or a BBQ skewer through a three ring pretzel and dip into chocolate, raise and let drip a bit. Place coated pretzel on wax paper covered cookie sheet. When the sheet is full, place in the ice-box for about 1/2 an hour. Then peel the pretzels off the paper and store in a container.

703 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:27 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: mabelkitty

Here's one of the port.

http://www.portno.com/webcamnew_out.htm


704 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:27 PM PDT by hoosiermama (prayers for all)
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To: Vermont Lt

I would bet they did. What were they going to do? Just think about the bombs falling on their heads.


706 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:28 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: onyx

The swarm? If you remember it (being reg'd from Nov 99) I should too. I must've burned out those brain cells. ;)


707 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:44 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: Treeless Branch

I don't see the slightest reason to consider this level of concern a matter of network hype. The greatest concern seems to be coming from the experts who know just what a Cat. 5 hitting a below-sea-level city like New Orleans really means. No one can make perfect predictions in meteorology, but at this point there seems to be no room for doubt that Katrina is going to make landfall within just a few miles of N.O. and that much of coastal LA, MS, and into AL will suffer a tremendous, devastating blow. There's speculation involved in saying just how bad, how many deaths, etc. but no doubts that it will be a huge, terrible hit.


708 posted on 08/28/2005 9:24:47 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: katnip

Heh.


709 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:11 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: NautiNurse
I'll be here for a little while longer.

And my thanks to you for helping document and witness this event.

710 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:25 PM PDT by Maigrey (1-800-PrayerWarrior - Just a ping away)
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To: Trident/Delta

lol! Shame, shame on you, TD.


711 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:31 PM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: rwfromkansas

Right now??
I'd pay $10 a gallon for gas and never complain if this would just stop, freeze, back-up and die a quick death.


712 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:55 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: PhiKapMom

'High rises to sway dangerously' according to the NWS. And all windows will likely go. Man, that would be a very BAD place to be. I keep thinking how safe could the Superdome possibly be? I guess people could get up far enough to be above the water, but it would be incredibly scary.


713 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:55 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The left thinks the Cm in Chief should step aside and let Cindy Sheehan make foreign policy for us.)
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To: seamole
Rule #1 of proper behavior during disasters gleaned from disaster movies: Never go to the ballroom!

That is just awful, funny, but awful! ;-)

714 posted on 08/28/2005 9:25:58 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
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To: katnip

LOL

I have the pool but don't think I want to swim with the dolphins because I have seen their tank at the local Aquarium. Yuk.

And this is the Aqurium that was Keiko's last home State of the Art.


715 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:02 PM PDT by oceanperch (Central Oregon Coast Rocks! Pride of the Pacific Northwest)
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To: MplsSteve
Please tell me that the interstate isn't still jammed.
716 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:12 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NautiNurse

FOXNews just interviewed the Salvation Army and the guy said they have many mobile kitchens ready to roll to New Orleans. They will start feeding people as quickly as they can get into the area. (I think he said 50 kitchens)

He said Salvation Army units from all the southern states will be on the way to help with Katrina. God bless the Salvation Army.

You can donate here: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/


717 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:15 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: PhiKapMom

Tulane Hospital moved the Emergency Department up to the 3rd floor of the hospital. Hospital is at full capacity with 163 patients. In the past hour or so--three new ED patients brought in from the SuperDome.


718 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:19 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: Beelzebubba

Thank you!!!!!!


719 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:23 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: NautiNurse

On ther upside, this will eliminate a good deal of the nutria population...

That said, I hope the city and it's residents come out of this safely.


720 posted on 08/28/2005 9:26:28 PM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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