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

[FeliciaCat]

I was never offended....a little humour break is ok IMO. I'm sure some are just really tired and uptight (rightfully) because they are near the storm (or in it) or have friends/family involved.

Everyone needs to lighten up a little.

[Dog Gone]

I went to bed last night KNOWING that New Orleans was going to be destroyed. That last minute jog and decrease of intensity appears to have saved it. If the levees hold for another couple of hours, which they probably will, the city will have escaped a death sentence.

It's not over yet, but I am so elated at the moment. I guess I now know what it must be like to be bi-polar, because I can't imagine a more significant mood swing in the past 12 hours.

[Types_with_Fist]

You mean they HAD one??

Not really. But there were hedges in back of the end zone and many wide recieversa ran into them after scoring.

[dirtboy]

Trying to get this thread back on topic.

Looking at the Pensacola radar, the eye is now entirely on-land. The western half of the bottom part of Mississippi (not sure if it's a bootheel or panhandle or whatever) is getting raked - the eyewall is bright red.

Winds now look to be out of the west over northern Ponchatrain - which will push the surge out. Surge danger should drop off quickly now.

However, there is a nasty-looking band south of NO that will probably hit within an hour. The TV talking head idiots will convince folks that the worst is over, they'll start going outside and that band will hit with enough force to blow debris around.

[al baby]

taste lousy just tried it spit it all over my new shirt thanks alot

[Lazamataz]

I am never posting to Free Republic ever again so long as I live.

[Truth29]

Shut down to ride out the storm - too early to determine damage.

[CedarDave]

MSNBC just switched from Channel 16 in Jackson to their live feed (sans commercials).

[Lazamataz]

Well maybe a little.

[Lazamataz]

Okay maybe more than a little.

[Abigail Adams]

The hole in the middle of the dome that was reported is in addition to the original two holes.

[NautiNurse]

Jim Cantore changed his mind about bugging out yesterday. Hopefully, the residents of the Retirement Home were evacuated to a safe location prior to the storm.

[redgolum]

I was watching those guys last night. My wife noticed that the reporter looked spooked, but the nurse was calm.

[Lazamataz]

Alright maybe 24x7x365.

[SunnySide]

That's old masonry that fell, and the high rise behind it is still standing and wearing its skin.

Brick walls fail because mortar has no tensile strength.

.......

especially when they are weathered and over 50 to 100 year old brick buildings. Many of these historical buildings most likely haven't been tuck pointed(re-mortarted) over the years, left with gaps through the brick walls.

[sarasota]

Thanks for the link.

[dfwgator]

Unfortunately, many deaths occur after the bulk of the storm has already past.

[Smogger]

Wow. I was watching that Jim Cantore this morning. They were pretty sure that they were completely safe. It has hit them hard and fast. They were so sure they were safe they didn't bother evacuating anyone from the Retirement home.

[aynrandfreak]

Does anyone know how to get current zoom shots of affected areas

Join the military, get into an intelligence unit, then after years of rising up through the ranks, perhaps you'll have access to a live satellite. :)

[Smogger]

Wow. I was watching that Jim Cantore this morning. They were pretty sure that they were completely safe. It has hit them hard and fast. They were so sure they were safe they didn't bother evacuating anyone from the Retirement home.