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

[Gondring]

...perhaps you'll have access to a live satellite.

...if your timing is right for a flyover pass!

Or...you can charter a plane to do a flyover.

[maggief]

Floodwaters surround a car in downtown New Orleans early Monday, Aug. 29, 2005 as high winds and rain batter the Louisiana coast as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

[jeffers]

"For example, reports from Mobile AL have been few, and sketchy."

I saw 9-10 feet on 90, 16-17 feet at Ocean Springs and then everything went quiet until recently, with a civilian claiming 20 feet but describing more like 15 at Gulfport.
Even if NO dodged a bullet, which we won't know till Lake P. is back to normal levels, that doesn't mean the bullet evaporated.

[spectre]

NBC..Williams is reporting that the rain came down in torrents. Everyone is safe, the turf is soaked, but all is well.

"Super dome was NEVER in danger of going away. Still raining, still coming in. This was a first, this was a surprise"..

This was a barometer, Brian.

[Gondring]

Bump

So...you "got it," huh? Glad someone did! :-)

[NittanyLion]

Don't sweat it - some folks just take themselves way too seriously.

[brothers4thID]

ANWR was stripped out of the Energy bill repeatedly, but it IS in the Budget Resolution which cannot be "filibustered". (I use filibustered in quotations because I'm a proceedural purist and what the Dems have been doing lately is not a filibuster in my sense of the word.)

[Gondring]

Looks like Ohio's flag!

[Republic]

Wow! Some photo!

[Coldwater Creek]

Our kids are ok. They stayed put and had lots of wind and water. They have no power and the base is closed for I do not know how long. Now we only have to get through the tropical wind storms that are forcasted for Memphis.

[WoofDog123]

I assume their families are stuck in wolff hall now (or what it the buidling next door?) I got to go there for Hur. Elena (twice) in 85.

[maggief]

[dirtboy]

Did you watch the news yesterday?

Yeah, it was a Cat 5 yesterday. Had it maintained that strength or even gone to top Cat 4, and had it track just a bit further to the west, it would be far worse for NO now. As it is, people listening to CNN that the worst is over might go outside to check on damage, just as a feeder band is moving in (like, right now). It'll ONLY be Cat 1 strength or so - but I guess I'm hyping the danger, even though Katrina killed 9 people in Florida when it was only a Cat 1.

Look, if all you're gonna do is whine about how this was covered, save it for tomorrow. This is still a deadly situation (most hurricane deaths nowadays are from inland flooding) - and we don't need an uninformed nimrod claiming that this is all hype.

[Abigail Adams]

"Coast Guard getting 100 requests for help from people trapped on roofs."

[Jemian]

There was a submarine next to the Alabama. Any word on that or is it submerged?

[truthandlife]

Shep Smith just said he saw a Rick's Cabaret go down the street.

God does know what he is doing (LOL).

[the Deejay]

These people were TOLD to evacuate and now they want to be saved ASAP? Amazing.

Happens all the time.

[ Mornin', SW.]

[sneakers]

bump

[Lazamataz]

Well posting dozens of tasteless sex jokes while the worst of the storm is hitting New Orleans and we aren't getting much info as to what is or isn't happening there might just have been a very bad idea. Where is your self control? Did you really have to spam this thread, when there are thousands of others? Is it really too difficult for you to exercise a bit of self-restraint and act like an adult for a few hours? Are you aware of how desperate some of the posts were over the last few days from freepers in the New Orleans area? For now this is the only thread for them to get early info on their homes and relatives, with the VERY REAL threat of many drownings? It may be some of their homes with water up to the rooftops(which has been confirmed for a couple of hours now). While your home is safe, why clutter this news thread with meaningless trashy banter just because it isn't you who is suffering or under real anxiety? Some freepers have lost most of what they own. Some may have lost neighbors. Is your own desire for self gratification through attention-seeking jokes anywhere near as important, that it needs to take place here? Ever consider the others who are suffering?

I've quoted this entire missive for everyone's benefit. If you feel like Diddle E. Squat does, I sincerely apologize. I sometimes try to ease a tense thread with some humor. If it wasn't appreciated here, I understand, and I respect that. I, too, being human, sometimes make bad judgement calls. If inserting what I hoped would be some tension-easing humor was one of those bad judgment calls, please accept my apology.

[eyespysomething]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/