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

[cajungirl]

I so disagree with that poster. I am having winds and trees falling, etc, and I enjoyed your posts. We don't all have to act like we are on the news. A little humor always happens in situations like this.

Don't take the ugly criticisms to heart,,that mean old poster doesn't know what he is talking about. Believe me in the shelter, you would be the person we wanted.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Walking behind Laz to check how many fingers he has crossed....

[augray]

I do want to thank the reporters who try to give us a visual, including Steve Harrington. I, for one, would rather see what is going on, than just hear a description.

[AGreatPer]

And where are all the tornadoes they said would happen?

[carl in alaska]

"uh, the City is flooding...."

I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed.

[dirtboy]

Like yours, give it a rest.

I'm trying to.

[txhurl]

omg

[green iguana]

So I would assume that the gulf coast housing bubble has officially popped...

I was reading over the weekend how land prices in FL have risen after last years storms, since now there are a lot of empty lots available to build big, new homes on...

[cyborg]

Well he's probably hiding somewhere now. He's come to his senses. I hope he's okay.

[Calpernia]

Anyone know if this picture is from inside a tunnel?

http://www.foxnews.com/images/175631/29_1_082905_katrina18.jpg

[Abigail Adams]

Hey, I just realized the guy on MSNBC is one of our former local news anchors!

[SunnySide]

Thanks Karl, the US News photos are the best photos I ever see on any story. Excellent job. The water, it'll be one expensive mess to clean up. Ick

[CFW]

Entergy estimated 1 month to turn power on.

My ex-bro-in-law, who works for Georgia Power, was told to pack enough clothes for 2 weeks.

[Corin Stormhands]

MSNBC just said Governor Blanco said the roof situation is "not a dangerous one."

I guess it's another "positive experience" for her.

[the Deejay]

Snakes will come out when the storm passes.

Snakes get disoriented after a storm. I
cannot understand how they keep from
drowning.

Whenever I see people wading through
deep water after a storm, I cringe..
b/c there could be snakes in there.

[Frank_Discussion]

"Houses with people trapped in attics are now topped with water."

Oh no.

[Dog Gone]

You and your dad stay safe. We all knew this storm would figure out a way to hit Mobile and it sure has.

[Interesting Times]

Today at 2pm Eastern on RighTalk Radio, "The Inquisition" will interview Betty Ann Price, a registered nurse and CEO of a consulting firm that works with Emergency Department physicians throughout the U.S. Ms. Price volunteered to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew (1992), spending a week in the tent city living and working with refugees. She also manages the live hurricane discussion threads at FreeRepublic.com as "NautiNurse."

Ms. Price will help us get a handle on the enormous rescue and disaster relief effort in the New Orleans area in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Callers with new information on the disaster are welcome -- toll-free at 1-866-884-8255.

[hc87]

St. Bernard is the parish immediately down river from Orleans Parish. There is at least one refinery there.

[Gondring]

Well, the cynical (leftie) side will say "yes, Bush will sell off the SPR so he can refill it at inflated prices to help his oil buddies like he did when he filled it up at the beginning of his presidency"... but we have to recall that Clinton dumped "emergency" assets to help his re-election--even more than was used for the Gulf War!

Still, the refinery capacity is what bottlenecks, and there are many other complexities that explain that (like why we haven't built any more refineries!)