Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[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

[battlegearboat]

Cafe Du Monde may be saved if they sandbagged it with their stock of powdered sugar bags.

[Lazamataz]

I gotta git back ta werk. :o)

[angkor]

It slows GE down a bit, but otherwise very nice. Thanks.

[lifacs]

WDUS has been talking about the Hilton all morning. I think someone misreported the Hyatt.

[spectre]

Thanks..we stay there as well as the Grand.

It has Italian Marble floors and a fine Vegas quality to it. Very upscale.

sw

[eastforker]

Blow out preventer.

[SE Mom]

Very cool live report on TWC...Simon is saying (he's with Cantori) the first floor is underwater...looked out and saw their car covered with water..and during the time he gave the report the water rose 3 inches.

[GOPJ]

He reminds me of a teenager...he's getting a high off the risk he's taking.

Danger can be exhilarating, then habituation. We're getting used to it. He's getting used to it.

Real reporting on what's happening can be mixed with the drama queen stuff, but nonstop standing in the wind is boring. The reporters level of excitement will stay longer than ours, but so what? We get used to it and the "I wonder what's really going on" clicks in, and we want news. Real news. Give us both.

Maybe some information about the refineries, the chemical plants, underground pipes and what effect that might have. What's the real danger? Cams at those locations. A few structural engineers - what buildings can take what force - building codes - what can be done? Gimme some meat boys. I'm getting tired of watching a never-ending outdoor wind tunnel scene with a camera man who can't wipe the rain off the lens.

[Frank_2001]

I agree. Didn't she blather a bit about "sustainable marshlands", as if that had any relevance to what's happening right now?

[Calpernia]

WOW

http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_565_images/082905_katrina12.jpg

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"Will someone from FNC tell Steve to get inside"

Harrigan is an adrenaline junkie. He's enjoying the hell out of this so let him be.

Michael Frazier

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Would this mean that there is oil pumping into the water where the oil rig used to be? Just wondering?

Not a chance ... ZERO.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It flooded in the same place in 1965....

[spudsmaki]

The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is also at the base of Canal, with a glass front. It was beautiful.

There are a lot of parking garages around the parking lot there, I wonder if anyone is huddled there?

[cyborg]

Times like these I wish I had a ham radio!

[apackof2]

Oh good

[Capt_Hank]

I agree, but FNC renewed his contract. When he first joined FNC, I sent them so many emails protesting his hiring. They finally blocked my emails. What a 'pant load'. FNC is never on when Geraldo, "The Fake", and Greta, "Clutch Cargo", appear.

[Lazamataz]

Blow out preventer.

I say again: What a time to be thinking about sex.

[1Old Pro]

Storm surges now expected to be 15ft or lower, not 20-38 as earlier predicted

[sonofatpatcher2]

Just posted: "Wondering about the battleship USS Alabama and how she is holding up?"

Maybe someone will post some info...