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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
Images:
New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait
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 |
IF the storm had kept up its max winds AND hit land to the west of where it did, none of these predictions were too far out of order.
Looking at Camille pics, and imagining that level of destruction in a MUCH more densely constructed area, not to mention one under sea level, and it isn't hard to see where they extrapolated that from.
But only till sunrise.
Leni
Not sure who's choice it was... but we sure will miss him! He will continue doing his "Forbes on Fox," as well as specials... that's all I really know at this time.
I gave up trying to get WDSU any more...too tired to fight it...
Your orignal statement that you saw a bunch of cajun and Carville types going into the SuperDome was ignorant. I pointed that out. You won't save face by pointing out the obvious to me. I'm intimately familiar with the ethnic makeup of New Orleans, so I promise you, you have nothing to teach me in that regard.
I saw that as well. Very scary. It sounds like the water will keep rising.
URNT12 KNHC 291527 VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 29/15:16:50Z B. 30 deg 19 min N 089 deg 38 min W C. 700 mb 2497 m D. NA kt E. NA deg nm F. 178 deg 127 kt G. 90 deg 031 nm H. EXTRAP 932 mb I. 11 C/ 3049 m J. 17 C/ 3049 m K. 17 C/ NA L. OPEN SW M. C33 N. 12345/ 7 O. 0.02 / 1 nm P. AF300 2212A KATRINA OB 28 MAX FL WIND 127 KT E QUAD 15:06:20 Z SLP EXTRAP FROM 700 MB FIX MADE OVERLAND EYE RAGGED
It's probably been said before, but the meteorologists are in a dam*ned if the do, and a dam*ned if they don't, aren't they? Suppose the eye went west of NO, hammered the city, and they had not evacuated. Then we'd be bit*hing because we didn't take it seriously. If my house got hit and flattened, I'd appreciate having been given a heads up to move out earlier.
Where I agree with you is that the danger with what may be "hype" is that it lessens the chance that people will evacuate in the future.
I was also thinking of the elderly - no family, unable/can't drive - heartbreaking.
Has the back side of the eye hit the N.O. area yet? I'm cubicle-bound, with no access to streaming anything as my office has it blocked.
Another thing I was wondering about - did the traffic jams on I-10 and the other roads clear or where there people still stuck on them when this thing hit?
LQ
What about after that? :-)
I meant WDSU. Maybe it was taped earlier.
Earlier they showed one hole in the center about seven feet and two other holes probably from sheading skin of the dome.
That is not a bad thing because that would release some of the pressure in the dome and take some stress from the super structure.
Laz have you been bad go to your room and no cinnamon toast for you
Try the ABC link at the beginning of the thread.
Someone on the phone reporting that their relatives in east NO by the breach are trapped in their attic and/or on their roof. Emergency services can't go out to help. Lady on the phone is pleading for help for these people.
Come on' lighten up .... everybody has been on edge...don't be offended...walk away take 10 deep breathes...then come back and post at FR...you're loved here. ;o)
Liar, Liar pants on fire.....
They had the mgr. of this facility brag yesterday that everything would be business as usual here (meals would be served on schedule) and that the windows were tested to withstand 160-180 mph winds...though he conceded they leaked @ 180 mph.
It seems something else must be leaking @ 145 mph winds, then, eh?
Uh, the river DOES "...carry that load out into the Gulf"--why do you think the isthmus got built in the first place. Add to that the fact that they dredge the river regularly to KEEP the channel open deep enough for ocean-going vessels, so I still don't see silt deposition being of any signficant consequence.
The problem is that with the isthmus "channelized" south as far as it is, the silt is deposited over the "Gulf abysss" (or whatever the name is for the demarcation between the continental shelf and "deep water", and so is lost to any possibility of "marsh-building".
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