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

[Abigail Adams]

Local ABC had a guy in the dome saying they have a new hole in the middle of the dome roof. He went outside and saw the Hyatt, curtains blowing out the broken windows.

[Gone GF]

"My sister told me this morning that her 7 year-old asked why almost all the people in the line were black. Of course, it was something we all noticed, but nobody but a child would say it.

Bush's fault. I'm surprised CNN hasn't initiated an investigative report."

Seriously, folks, this line stopped being funny about 11,000 posts ago. Now it just sounds dumb.

[paulat]

I think the average freeper these days is about 23...lol

...just great...for once I'm above average...and it has to be in THIS category....

[listenhillary]

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwisweb/data/img/073802330.02.00045..20050828.20050829.0.0.gif

[headsonpikes]

let me restate, many of the folks looked like Carville.

Surely not every white person taking shelter is a meth-head!

[rwfromkansas]

Again, most at the superdome are POOR.

It is about the city not doing a damn thing for the poor, not the blacks.

[WestCoastGal]

"Time will tell.... Lets see what the rising water does before we declare all clear..."

I agree, the wind is now coming from the north pushing the lake water south. The levee system will now be tested. The people on their roofs needing help is not a good sign, that means there is at least 8-10 feet of water below.

I think once it is over we will be amazed at the damage.

[RushCrush]

Today

[Types_with_Fist]

And hopefully they hold and don't get a significant breach.

I'm sure there will be some. But, because the worst didn't occur (we think) they should be able to deal with it in the coming hours. If this thing had hit a bit differently, everyone would be on rooftops and no equipment would move.

[jayef]

Yeah . . . it's a whole state of Carvilles. Have another cup of coffee and engage a few more brain cells before you post again. New Orleans . . . like any major metro in the country is filled with people of all stripes. Europeans, Asians, Africans, Caribbean Islanders, South Americans . . . even some yankees.

[1Old Pro]

You know all this Hurrican stuff is just Karl Rove trying to distract from Cindy Shehan.

Which reminds me, when is Condy going to take her televised "tour" of the damage?

[al baby]

I always start the cinnamon toast thing for big events I love the stuff and its a great tension breaker or maker here

[redgolum]

There is a man who is having a real bad day!

I wonder if the phone still works?

[since1868]

I guess I just saw a lot of human beings. But that's just me

Thank you.

[battlegearboat]

A Mardi Gras float that is.

[Peach]

Thanks; I'd been away from a tv for a bit.

[TheBigB]

Go to www.weather.com and type in slidell, la. You'll get a report as to current conditions.

[cyborg]

no kidding

[cgk]

I'm praying all the retirement homes and hospitals were evacuated first thing.

I read they sent the very sick & frail TO the hospitals instead of letting them into the Superdome.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050829-0805-katrina-superdome.html

(CTRL + F hospital for the quote from a General).

[Guenevere]

..exceedingly poor taste is not forgiving someone when they apologize ....and/or posting quotes to someone who has apologized.