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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: Lazamataz

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.


2,341 posted on 08/29/2005 8:43:00 AM PDT by FeliciaCat (I like my money where I can see it...hanging in my closet.)
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To: NautiNurse

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.


2,342 posted on 08/29/2005 8:43:28 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: WKB
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.

2,343 posted on 08/29/2005 8:43:48 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: NautiNurse
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.

2,344 posted on 08/29/2005 8:43:49 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: Quilla

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


2,345 posted on 08/29/2005 8:43:51 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: FeliciaCat

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


2,346 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:09 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: jeffers

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


2,347 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:09 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Peach

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


2,348 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:19 AM PDT by CedarDave (VietNam Vet Remembers -- This Time SUPPORT the Troops, COMPLETE the Mission)
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To: FeliciaCat

Well maybe a little.


2,349 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:19 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: FeliciaCat

Okay maybe more than a little.


2,350 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:34 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: TheOtherOne

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


2,351 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:36 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: nicholle

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.


2,352 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:41 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: nicholle

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


2,353 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:43 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: FeliciaCat

Alright maybe 24x7x365.


2,354 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: jeffers

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.


2,355 posted on 08/29/2005 8:44:53 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: cfo

Thanks for the link.


2,356 posted on 08/29/2005 8:45:05 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: dirtboy

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


2,357 posted on 08/29/2005 8:45:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nicholle

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.


2,358 posted on 08/29/2005 8:45:16 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: SE Mom
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. :)

2,359 posted on 08/29/2005 8:45:16 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
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To: nicholle

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.


2,360 posted on 08/29/2005 8:45:18 AM PDT by Smogger
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