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

[lifacs]

Yes, only I'm streaming WDUS

[Michael Goldsberry]

I'm happy to see you can still be with us.

Stay safe.

[Sammie42]

David Asman won't be doing his regular spot. He will be doing Fox specials

[RushCrush]

I agree. My point though, is that I don't take any of it seriously. Ya know.

[cyborg]

I'm watching PMSNBC and they just flashed a screen saying that the President will release some reserves.

[McGruff]

The morning after Andrew, all the talk was about how Miami had "dodged a bullet". No one had seen the devastation in Homestead yet.

Good point!

[conservativewasp]

Drive faster and swing a little North.

[Trust but Verify]

But if we lose refining capacity, what would be the point? It's still crude oil.

[filbert]

This thread had far more relevant news details before the hurricane hit land. Seems the kids took over today. Much agree. Moderators were controlling it pretty tightly last night--they weren't tolerating much sniping.

[jveritas]

Enjoy your pessimism. Do you know that the media and some of the guys here have been talking about Katrina as the worst storm ever to hit the US? Now since some have been already proving wrong they want to overexxagerate every problem to save the face. I am not saying that there is no damage and no loss in life that have already occurred and will occur in the next 24 hours, but for sure it is no way near the apocalyptic scenario the media and the so called "experts" have been predicting in the last 48 hours.

Take a knee and thank our Lord that He lessened the fury of this storm.

[leilani]

Carville isn't a meth head,,he is a bullet head or sort of a pin head. His head is just not right.

His wife Mary calls him "serpenthead".

[nicholle]

From storm2k message board:

An amazing phone call just aired on The Weather Channel a few minutes ago from Jim Cantore's producer, Simon Temperton. The two of them are at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss. (current conditions), where they have sought refuge from rapidly rising floodwaters on the second floor along with 300-400 residents of the home.

Here's some of what Simon reported in his phone call:

"We're going through some unbelievable conditions. Water is seeping into the building. I'd say we've had at least a 20-feet [of] storm surge. It has washed away all our rental cars, and everything else [in the parking lot]...

"Now water is seeping into the home and they are evacuating everyone to the second floor. I'm standing in 5 or 6 inches of water [on the second floor]. The power is out. There are a few emergency lights. It's a very daunting prospect right now....

"It's a very dangerous situation. I've been doing this for 15 years, and [I've] been Mr. Cantore's producer for many hurricanes, and I've never seen anything like this. This is probably the scariest situation we've ever been in -- just the sudden rise of water and how fast. They said we were good here for 27, 30 feet [of storm surge] -- they've never seen anything like it. They thought we were completely safe.

"We're not even shooting [video] anymore. We're basically in self-preservation [mode] right now. We're helping people put up boards and sandbags to keep the water from coming in. We've become part of the crew.

"In the time we've been talking, the water has risen, I'd say, another 3 inches. It's up to the top of my boots. The water keeps rising."

-- Posted by Laurel, Product Manager, The Weather Channel Interactive

[Joe 6-pack]

I'm in Lafayette. The only thing I can say about the Superdome with any fair degree of certainty is that Katrina has drawn a bigger crowd to the Superdome than the Saints will all season....

[Raycpa]

The good Lord provided plenty of information and plenty of help.

And lets thank him for forgiving us so often for being stupid.

[Types_with_Fist]

OK fists Just for you: The Saints have been getting blown away in the Super Dome for "30" years and they survived. Now you can laugh.

Was wondering if you caught that...:-)

Saw all the debate on Tulane Stadium vs Sugar Bowl. I heard people refer to that old thing as both when I was growing up. I remember with fondness the Saints main defensive strategy against other teams in that stadium... the hedges at the end of the end zone.

[kinghorse]

pfft.

This website has gone straight downhill. Attention whoring left and right, little of substance. Nearly worthless as a source of information. Or some religio-nutbag making a case for the taliban being moderate.

[shield]

Was it his choice or FoxNews choice? David Asman was one of my favorites, mainly 'cause he's so conservative.

[Frank_2001]

Absolutely! I never trust initial reports in situations such as this...

[NautiNurse]

Askel5 is safe and sound, albeit sleepless in Seattle.

That is very good news--thank you for the update.