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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: MEG33

FNC: Back up generator working at Superdome but not enough for air conditioning. It only powers emergency lights.


181 posted on 08/29/2005 3:55:04 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: NautiNurse

are you getting ANY sleep?


182 posted on 08/29/2005 3:55:27 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: I_dmc
can anyone figure whats jammed up against little tree in Streetcarcam? It sorta resembles a dog.

It's not making any noise; I think it must be a mime.

183 posted on 08/29/2005 3:55:39 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: mewzilla

Can anyone read these charts of water levels .. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/la/nwis/current?county_cd=22051&county_cd=22071&county_cd=22075&county_cd=22103&index_pmcode_STATION_NM=1&index_pmcode_DATETIME=2&index_pmcode_00065=3&index_pmcode_00060=4&index_pmcode_MEAN=&index_pmcode_MEDIAN=&index_pmcode_00010=&index_pmcode_00020=&index_pmcode_00025=&index_pmcode_00035=&index_pmcode_00036=&index_pmcode_00054=&index_pmcode_00055=&index_pmcode_00076=&index_pmcode_00095=&index_pmcode_00300=&index_pmcode_00400=&index_pmcode_00480=&index_pmcode_00631=&index_pmcode_32234=&index_pmcode_61728=&index_pmcode_63160=&index_pmcode_70969=&index_pmcode_72019=&index_pmcode_72020=&index_pmcode_99900=&index_pmcode_99901=&index_pmcode_00045=&format=station_list&sort_key=site_no&group_key=NONE&sitefile_output_format=html_table&column_name=agency_cd&column_name=site_no&column_name=station_nm&column_name=lat_va&column_name=long_va&column_name=state_cd&column_name=county_cd&column_name=alt_va&column_name=huc_cd&sort_key_2=site_no&html_table_group_key=NONE&rdb_compression=file&list_of_search_criteria=county_cd%2Crealtime_parameter_selection


184 posted on 08/29/2005 3:56:26 AM PDT by ElisabethInCincy
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To: SunnySide

yes, but there is also a flipside to that argument. if this storm doesn't flood NO, that tells us the odds of any storm doing it, is very low, because the convergence of a set of perfect conditions, is almost unattainable. and add to that they "they hyped it" mantra that will be leveled against the weather service and hurricane center - they will never be able to convince people to evacuate NO again.


185 posted on 08/29/2005 3:56:42 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Peach

It must be miserable inside!


186 posted on 08/29/2005 3:56:47 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: DB

I do not understand how anyone can say a bullet has been dodged. It is going to rain for a week and all that water will be coming down the Mississippi, wnon't it?


187 posted on 08/29/2005 3:57:40 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: SunnySide; kittymyrib
SS, I think she was trying to say that IF a Storm of this magnitude doesn't do the predicted damage, that in the future people won't evacuate causing massive loss of life.

She's right, ya know.

sw

188 posted on 08/29/2005 3:59:04 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: sonofatpatcher2
Shep has his safety cap on backwards like the cool dude he is...

Now what would OSHA say about all this?!

189 posted on 08/29/2005 3:59:55 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: spectre
FNC earlier mentioned the New Orleans Saints, they have a home game with the Giants on week two, September 18th. Guess if the Dome is unavailable, they could play at Dallas as the Cowboys play the Deadskins on the following Monday night...
190 posted on 08/29/2005 4:00:06 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: I_dmc
jammed up against little tree in Streetcarcam?

My picture's really dark, and I think it's mostly water drops on the lens. All I can see is the traffic lights swinging like crazy in at the intersection of Charles and Napoleon Aves.

I saw a lot of violent shadows moving just now and it went blank.

191 posted on 08/29/2005 4:00:15 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: NautiNurse

Just got up. Raining here with a minimal amount of wind. Still have electricity - Yay!


192 posted on 08/29/2005 4:00:19 AM PDT by trillabodilla (just north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
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To: MEG33

And, the next time people will not go to a shelter.


193 posted on 08/29/2005 4:00:39 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Txsleuth

No.
Last year they came up here and made it in 18 hours.
We think they may not have been able to come this way due to traffic (or time), so may have gone to stay with her mother who booked out of town much earlier.


194 posted on 08/29/2005 4:01:00 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: sonofatpatcher2
Football must go on!!

sw

195 posted on 08/29/2005 4:01:04 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: MEG33

Shep says glass is breaking in the French Quarter. Idiot is outside.


196 posted on 08/29/2005 4:01:17 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: All

Shep's on!


197 posted on 08/29/2005 4:01:34 AM PDT by itsinthebag
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To: Peach

Is the power out at the superdome?


198 posted on 08/29/2005 4:01:47 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: newzjunkey

On generator. No cooling. Currently...


199 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:25 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: NautiNurse; Howlin
Thank you, NautiNurse.

Been up for a while listening to radio. Cat 4, slightly east of NO. Praying, praying, praying for those in LA.

Governor Easley, NC has just opened 4 shelters to help house evacuees post-storm.

200 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:29 AM PDT by Alia
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