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

[Carolinamom]

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

[benjaminjjones]

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).

[spectre]

Good girl..thanks Meg!

[gopwinsin04]

Or these...

[ken5050]

Tag line kudos....

[eyespysomething]

Sheesh!

[RoseofTexas]

"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?

[chgomac]

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.

[Chasaway]

People packing up and leaving the Superdome...

Probably a little premature?

[OXENinFLA]

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)

[mrobison]

Very punny.

[MinuteGal]

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

[battlegearboat]

Put a helmet on that soldier.

[cfo]

[RushCrush]

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

[WoodstockCat]

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

[maggief]

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

[GOPJ]

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

Great picture. Now that's news!

[CitizenM]

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.

[nevergore]

"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 :^)