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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.

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

Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level

Wind Speed Data

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 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:

Cut and Paste:

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

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


Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
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

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; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: gopwinsin04

Mary needs to shut her mouth and quite laying blame on others depending on the letter at the back of their name.


1,261 posted on 08/29/2005 6:51:37 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Notewatermelon just)
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To: Ingtar

Yes, have you ever seen a "big box" type building get hit by a windstorm BEFORE they get the roof on? The walls just fall over because there is no bracing to resist the force of the wind. The need for bracing would probably be lessened due to the circular design of the wall enclosure. With the roof gone, the tops of the walls and the "upper deck" would probably be the next to go.


1,262 posted on 08/29/2005 6:51:40 AM PDT by HuronMan
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To: SE Mom
water up to their ceilings

From the rain? Or a levy failure?

1,263 posted on 08/29/2005 6:51:41 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: NautiNurse

Not sure, sorry, the lady did say the rain was actually bleeding in around the windows (not flood waters, but rain, just want to specify)


1,265 posted on 08/29/2005 6:51:50 AM PDT by eyespysomething (What disgusts me the most is how other GStar families have had their wounds ripped back open! FU CS)
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To: cyborg

Remember folks in big hurricanes double wides don't fare too well. Gigantic domes of concrete and steel are most likely up to the task.

Trailer <> Superdome.


1,266 posted on 08/29/2005 6:51:54 AM PDT by kinghorse
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To: Zechariah_8_13
Clearly, the superdome roof structure would likely FAIL in an F3 tornado-like Cat5 direct hit and the 200MPH claim was vastly overrated.
1,267 posted on 08/29/2005 6:52:13 AM PDT by spycatcher
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To: stlnative

Wow that's the 1/12 of the roof? I guess you have to be there to see how big it is.


1,268 posted on 08/29/2005 6:52:24 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: blastbaby

8 ft. of flooding in areas affected by Betsy. Residents climbing up to the attics to avoid the water.


1,269 posted on 08/29/2005 6:52:29 AM PDT by gopwinsin04 (Prayers up for the Gulf Coast)
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To: WKB

"""The Saints have been getting blown away in the Super Dome
for 40 years and they survived."""

Oh that's good! Maybe the overpayed players will actually find it in them to give their weary fans a well deserved reason to hope this year, win at least 2 playoff games. That's not too much to ask of them at this time.


1,270 posted on 08/29/2005 6:52:47 AM PDT by CajunConservative (Southwest Louisiana)
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To: chambley1; SittinYonder

LOL! That'll be a classic.


1,271 posted on 08/29/2005 6:52:52 AM PDT by eyespysomething (What disgusts me the most is how other GStar families have had their wounds ripped back open! FU CS)
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To: IMRight

fox...flooding up to ceilings on some homes in NOLA


1,272 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:01 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: chambley1

ROFLMAO! You're bad :-)


1,273 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:08 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Hand em their arse

Look, I'm sure you think that you're a great comedian, but at this critical time, give it a rest. There are people currently trapped under that rubble.


1,274 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:18 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: kinghorse

Hurricanes and tornadoes love trailers.


1,275 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:32 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: cyborg

Your tagline is my two little boys favorite SpongeBob episode...


1,276 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:35 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: All

anyone listening to the structural engineer on Fox talking about the SuperDome roof?


1,277 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:43 AM PDT by jacquej
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To: HuronMan

Big "box" stores are nothing more than concrete block or steel walls, with a truss span roof... They aren't stadiums, but minimalistic structures to offer the maximum amount of covered sq ft for the lowest possible cost.


1,278 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:43 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: chambley1

OMG! Too funny!!!


1,279 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:47 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: chambley1

lmafo!!


1,280 posted on 08/29/2005 6:53:50 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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