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

[Admin Moderator]

Olive of course.

[bonfire]

Naw. Jump in.......things are much calmer now.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Some random thoughts...

Just watched some college students on FNC at the Super Dome. They seem to be smiling, enjoying this like it was a like cutting class...

Gad! The stupidity of this make me cringe...

I cannot help but expect the worse for New Orleans... Call it my black dog mood, but I feel helpless as if watching two trains speeding head on at each other and not being able to do anything...

The D-Day Museum in in New Orleans along with many other historical sites. All these may be under 20 to 30 feet of water.

My prayers are for those in Katrina's path not only in New Orleans but in the surrounding Gulf Coast area.

[Coldwater Creek]

Thanks for all of your support, information and just being there for all of us.

Maria

[PhiKapMom]

The mayor should be in jail IMHO. He had NO plan if you ask me.

[CindyDawg]

If so, there is no excuse for this. They should loose their certification/licenses. Bless the one that stayed.

[JustaCowgirl]

"WWL-TV just noted that the SuperDome's single primary generator is underground... No word on any secondary generators."

They'd better have plenty of candles then.

[Jrabbit]

I have family that live in Slidell. North shore...they evacuated but any chance they will have homes not under water?

[STARWISE]

So YOU'RE the one sending me those enticing emails regarding your inheritance you want to share. I'll be calling soon with my bank account # .. been busy scouting palatial estates.

[myprecious]

How long does eye wall replacement take? If the process is still going on at landfall, that is great news. If there is time for eyewall to complete, that is BAD news. Last night there was a huge spike of power after replacement.

Anyone remember how long it took? When is projected landfall?

[rwfromkansas]

interesting. But, could it complete the ERC before landfall and strengthen again?

[CobaltBlue]

The NO mayor was just on a few minutes ago and they are expecting the levees to break.

That's too much. My prayers to all who face this danger, may the Good Lord protect them and keep them, and may His Perpetual Light shine upon them.

[pax_et_bonum]

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

There is supposed to be an update then.

Central or Eastern time?

[piasa]

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

Um, that would probably be the stealth one, who is usually assigned to following me around to make sure I don't spam key words.

;-D

[PhiKapMom]

I am on the ABC affiliate out of Baton Rouge -- some of the New Orleans people are there at the Baton Rouge station.

[Howlin]

I've never seen two such simpletons in charge as that governor and that mayor.

He didn't think he had the AUTHORITY to evacuate his city? Well, who did?

[NautiNurse]

What is the latest update on your family? Did they evacuate?

[DoughtyOne]

The word moron was the first that occurred to me also. I actually typed it in and returned to remove it. I didn't want to add any insult to the NO inhabitants insulting their mayor.

I agree with you. He couldn't even read the order. It was rather embarassing. I'm sure he was nervous, but it made me uncomfortable to watch him. He sure wouldn't promote confidence in me if I lived in NO.