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

[BurbankKarl]

it was gridlocked in Houston earlier...

xm reports currently:

wb 10 heavy to Houston from La. state line

[College Repub]

All of this coverage is annoying. I want to know what the latest is with the Natalee Holloway and Olivia Newton John boyfriend dissapearences....

[texaslil]

...they are expecting the levees to break..."

Heard that earlier, too. If they do, NO is history. so sad. Spent many wonderful evenings there listening to jazz at nite and attending Cajun cooking school during the day. Bought my favorite cooking pot there--a cast iron wok that will give one a hernia to get it down from the rack--but never mind--a Cajun meal from it will put one in bed for a week.

[Spktyr]

WWL-TV is streaming (somehow) from Baton Rouge. http://www.wwltv.com

And yes, they're broadcasting from a college set with a bad greenscreen behind them - but they're still on the air, still in there - without teleprompters.

[HAL9000]

TORNADO WARNING FOR... PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

I'd be surprised if anyone is still there, but it's an unusual place.

Recreational activities include shark hunting on Leander Perez's fishing boat - with a machine gun. Big fun.

[Sally'sConcerns]

Does this make our hurricane thread a trifecta? Two Admin Mod's and the Sidebar Mod!!!

(Which Admin Moderator did you forget to put in the To: box?)

[Arizona Carolyn]

Then, this causeway would totally freak you out!

[KakaduDreamer]

WWL TV (CBS) in New Orleans still has a live feed:

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

[PhiKapMom]

That guy is a moron. Earlier today he talked about a seven foot levee that would be overflowed but he said it was a pretty levee.

[BurbankKarl]

maybe they will both wash up...

[bonfire]

My mom made the pretzels at Xmas and we just went crazy for them. Since then, we've probably gone thru about 50 bags of Kisses! My daughter and I joke about how much chocolate we've eaten in 8-9 months.

AND you can get the kisses in all flavors now. Our fav is the vanilla/chocolate kisses. Yum!

[easonc52]

Hey, isn't there an update coming up at 1 AM?

There is supposed to be an update then.

[mjtobias]

"That makes two of us."

Make that at least three of us. But I was lambasted for saying so.

Now I'll just go back to my seat, keep a low profile and continue praying.

[newzjunkey]

I didn't know that about the dates. :) I was a lurker before my 'official' date.

--- 785,000 have evacuated from Jefferson Parish.

[Windcatcher]

The woman in the ditch must be pitching a fit >:^)

[NautiNurse]

She's mere hours away--NO evac was a disaster by design. Glad you could stop by tonight!

[Revel]

I have to admit that is a pretty cool map.

[pax_et_bonum]

I was away for a few minutes...

Are there still vehicles stuck on the freeways?

[hoosiermama]

According to the radio program I heard they were using buses to transport to the dome.