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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: battlegearboat

LOL! I've been there...know what you mean.


1,801 posted on 08/29/2005 7:41:53 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Life is a journey, not a destination.)
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To: gopwinsin04
Yup been there, 'cept at night.

My mom is from New Orleans. All the aunts and uncle lived in the ancestral home on Upperline all their lives (except of course, and one other aunt who got married).

1,802 posted on 08/29/2005 7:41:53 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: MEG33

Good girl..thanks Meg!


1,803 posted on 08/29/2005 7:41:53 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: battlegearboat
Or these...


1,804 posted on 08/29/2005 7:41:54 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Pete'sWife

Tag line kudos....


1,805 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:01 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Calpernia

Sheesh!


1,806 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:02 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: Republic
"This INFURIATES ME."

You can fume all you want, but we knew who will get the blame for Katrina! The rats and their cronie's rags will be screaming for W's head! IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT! Bank on it!

Yesterday while I was surfing the tube I caught the end tail of a clip with W, I believe he was warning the folk to get outta Katrina's way. I didn't catch all of it, but I'm wondering if it was a news conference or what? Why didn't N.O. governor step up to the plate?
1,807 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:04 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: battlegearboat

It's ok to cry....they come from good stock in NO & know this charming old grande dame can rebuild her homes, restore her FQ and renew herself, just let her people come through this unharmed.


1,808 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT by chgomac
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To: All

People packing up and leaving the Superdome...

Probably a little premature?


1,809 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT by Chasaway ("Tonto, we're surrounded." "What do you mean 'we', white man?")
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To: NautiNurse
Found a smaller one to post.

[click for hi-res]

This image released by NOAA Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 was collected at 11 am EDT showing Hurricane Katrina. Katrina barreled toward the Big Easy on Sunday with 175-mph wind and a threat of a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation, a last-ditch Superdome shelter and prayers for those left to face the doomsday scenario this below-sea-level city has long dreaded. Katrina intensified into a Category 5 giant over the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico on a path to come ashore early Monday in the heart of New Orleans. (AP Photo/NOAA)

1,810 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:41 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: Lazamataz

Very punny.


1,811 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:41 AM PDT by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: kinghorse
I hope everyone keeps in the back of their heads what you reported in your comment that moonbat Geraldo just said. It may be that his sly interjection will disabuse some people of the fact that Rivero is not a liberal.

Leni

1,812 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:43 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Lazamataz

Put a helmet on that soldier.


1,813 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:46 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: AmericanMade1776

1,814 posted on 08/29/2005 7:42:49 AM PDT by cfo (God Bless America!)
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To: HoHoeHeaux

Harmless brevity isn't always a bad thing. All of us are praying hard too.


1,815 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:02 AM PDT by RushCrush (What Would Casey Want?)
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To: NautiNurse

where are you gettting that info from on Hattiesburg?
My in-laws are in their house in Lamar Co. just outside Hattiesburg..thx.


1,816 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:05 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: cajungirl

Chuckie chimes in ...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050829/ts_nm/weather_katrina_energy_schumer_dc_1

Democrat urges use of oil stockpile in hurricane

(Reuters) 24 minutes ago


1,817 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:08 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: Calpernia
WOW http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_565_images/082905_katrina12.jpg

Great picture. Now that's news!

1,818 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:19 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: 4everontheRight
I have been praying all night for all of you there in Katrina's grip. May everyone be safe, as well as all of your friends and loved ones.

I remember being in the museum in NO years ago, on the third (I believe) floor. I looked out the window and a paddlewheeler was going up the river. It seemed to be exactly the same level I was, and again I was on the second/third floor. That might give others some perspective how low the city actually sits below the water level. It was frightening then, I can't imagine how frightening it is now with that water surging all around.

1,819 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:20 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: Strategerist
"A wind problem. The windows were lost due to wind, not barometric pressure. "

That's why a lot of Mexican resturaunts don't have windows.....

NeverGore :^)

1,820 posted on 08/29/2005 7:43:26 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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