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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: WoofDog123

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

God does know what he is doing (LOL).


2,541 posted on 08/29/2005 9:09:19 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: hoosiermama

Glad to hear that they tried to get people to shelters, but it sounds like they need to fire their disaster planners.

Why weren't the city buses working, BTW?


2,543 posted on 08/29/2005 9:09:32 AM PDT by lasisra
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To: Abigail Adams
I was just thinking that maybe in addition to an ax, a small inflatable raft in the attic might not be a bad idea either, in places that flood like this.
2,544 posted on 08/29/2005 9:09:56 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Howlin; Republic

Look children,

Just compare the tone and content of threads I-VII to the total mess that became of Thread VIII.


2,545 posted on 08/29/2005 9:09:56 AM PDT by spycatcher
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To: Howlin
You are so RIGHT, girl!

Have never been on a live thread on FR where every single post is directly related to factual evidence regarding thread topic...that would certainly curtail discussion and information flow and speculation and comradery and humor and debate, all part of the function of a discussion forum, imo.

2,546 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:05 AM PDT by Republic
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To: jeffers

Heard that the worst threat of overtopping from the north should be over within an hour or so. Still a danger from the west for longer, because of the wind shifting from that way, the theory of lots of Lake P water being pushed SW and S into the spillway, and the west side levee being the lowest at 10'.

Hopefully it won't overtop.


2,547 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:06 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: dirtboy

Did it ever occur to you jus why this site might be called free republic???????


2,548 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:09 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: sasportas
Hats off to the FReepers who posted their prayers


prayer is a powerful force.


to bad it can't be done in a school .. I wonder how many people have sent up a prayer today , but will not acknowledge the answer ..
2,549 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:14 AM PDT by THEUPMAN (#### comment deleted by moderator)
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To: truthandlife
Shep Smith just said he saw a Rick's Cabaret go down the street.

Well, I can think of worse places to be stranded...

2,550 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:18 AM PDT by TheBigB (It's funktastic!!)
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2,551 posted on 08/29/2005 9:10:25 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: spycatcher
Just compare the tone and content of threads I-VII to the total mess that became of Thread VIII.

No kidding. What's with the sniping, whining, and recriminations. Why don't we try sticking to the topic at hand: News about the hurricaine.

2,552 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:17 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: Lazamataz
It's all about meeeeeee...

The most active thread on FR! Hundreds of posters and thousands of posts! I must plop myself down in the middle so that I may be properly regarded!

2,553 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:20 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: maggief

What a tough building!

Maybe the clashing of egos in this thread comes from people wanting to be right or wrong. Which is Human nature really, people make predictions, argue about what's going to happen, and they don't like to admit when they're wrong. On that same note I know that everyone is releaved that the worst didn't happen, and that the relief far outweighs everything else. Not that NO didn't have a rough ride.


2,554 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:21 AM PDT by grizzly84
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To: Jemian
Re: "There was a submarine next to the Alabama. Any word on that or is it submerged?"

I don't know, that's why I was asking HuronMan for a source...

I visited the USS Alabama many years ago and was very impressed at how they had it in top notch shape... Every time there has been a hurricane hit Mobile Bay, I've wondered about her. I hope she is okay.
2,555 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:27 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: All

For anyone interested, Rush is talking about the hurricane now.


2,556 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:27 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: maggief; Abigail
The people inside can't see that :(

Abigail, I think those trapped people were told to evacuate. What did they expect?

sw

2,557 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:28 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: dirtboy

Switched to Rush -- NY Times ignoring hurricane, after all its in the south (not blue states) and besides, they have a war to defeat. But saying what coverage was given in the MSM was predicting catastropic effects on people, oil, economy, etc.


2,558 posted on 08/29/2005 9:11:31 AM PDT by CedarDave (VietNam Vet Remembers -- This Time SUPPORT the Troops, COMPLETE the Mission)
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To: Lazamataz

Sorry you apologized....I guess I have to apologize, too, then...because you DID bring a smile to my face, and, I expect, hundreds of other faces, as well!


2,560 posted on 08/29/2005 9:12:13 AM PDT by Republic
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