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

[spunkets]

THanks -> I-10. THat's it.

They said TX Hwy patrol was setting up road construction outside of Houston making it worse. Dragged out a map. Looks like ~350mi between NO and Houston.

[Colorado Doug]

IIRC, the levee tops are 18' above the river

Wow! That's not much protection tonight.

[spycatcher]

It didn't help that he airlines abandoned the tourists so they wouldn't lose money.

[Skywarner]

"I plan on doing such tomorrow. My company has a match on any charity donations, so I want them to do such."

Yes, excellent idea. Within 12 hours, we will be doing this tomorrow on a national scale.

On a related note, I'm looking forward to reading of the donations being made by other countries.

[ArmyBratproud]

Gonna get some sleep. Get up early before heading to work...and see how bad it is then.

Y'all be good.

Everyone on the coast....stay safe...check in if you can and let us know that you are ok.

[NautiNurse]

Heard earlier there were residents of Grand Island who chose not to evacuate.

[NautiNurse]

Take care--nighters!

[Spktyr]

I believe that they have an emergency battery-powered lighting system, like most stadii.

[cincinnati65]

I watched the press conference this morning announcing the mandatory evac. My first thought was, there are eight people up on that stage, and not one of them has a clue what to do. I'll admit the projections are overwhelming, but you are elected LEADERS! Unfortunately, you don't have the luxury of discussion, debate, contingencies, and indecision.

[PhiKapMom]

And everytime those two speak, I think less of them. They are idiots.

[Howlin]

Did he really? A helicopter?

[myprecious]

That is the first glimmer of hope all evening. Thanks.

[Chena]

I'm praying that the winds will continue to decline and spare our fellow Americans. I just can't imagine the fear and horror those poor folks are going through.

[U S Army EOD]

I drove through Houston two months ago, it was gridlocked then also.

[pax_et_bonum]

Catastrophic building failure is a very real possiblity.

This is so awful.

If only they could have gotten everybody out.

[nopardons]

Sounds like a wonderful topping for ice cream or crepes. Would be good over angel food cake as well. :-)

[Sidebar Moderator]

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

The other one. :-)

[spunkets]

Yes I10.

[Howlin]

Friday when she said "We can make this a good experience," I knew what we were dealing with.........LOL.

[NautiNurse]

Radar looks like she's sucking in dry air on her backside.