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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: cyborg

Oh. thanks. I have been checking back in vs. following verbatum.


2,741 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:09 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: cyborg

cyborg...I doubt he has come to his senses..he probably just lost power or Harrigan has been blown to Hattisburg.


2,742 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:12 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: All
On a side note, can you imagine what would have happened to the Superdome if the storm had come through at its peak? If pieces tore off the dome when the winds were at 130 MPH... Sheesh!
2,743 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:14 AM PDT by Termite_Commander (Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
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To: spycatcher
"It and became an embarassment for Free Republic instead of an example of how great the site is."

I think the balance of news/humor on this thread has been perfect. Some may think "Humor? How dare you speak of humor on a day like this..."

However, please keep in mind that many folks in New Orleans, before going into the Superdome last night, were exhibiting surprisingly high spirits and one woman in particular -- forget her name -- held an attitude towards the impending storm which was to be admired.

Therefore, on one hand you have people who are at risk of losing everything maintaining a sense of humor and high spirits concerning this disaster -- these are the folks LIVING it right now.

And on the other hand you have posters here who are at risk of losing NOTHING -- thousands of miles away from the storm -- blasting others for essentially being guilty of nothing slightly more than that of being human.
2,744 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:23 AM PDT by jdm (Ted Kennedy should drive Cindy Sheehan home.)
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To: Elyse
I'm streaming MSNBC on the net . . . and I am SICK AND TIRED of reporters useing the terms "ground zero".
2,745 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:25 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: cyborg

last night someone posted that the immediate delivery of gas was up 20 cents in trading...


2,746 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:29 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: dirtboy

check out janetjanet1998's new posting on news/activism!


2,747 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:33 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: cgk

"I've heard flooding to ceilings & rooftops in N.O., seen pics of structural collapse in N.O., heard a levee broke in N.O., it's still raining, still strong winds (per radar), and they're going home? I am very confused."

Well now I'm confused...I thought that was supposed to be a sarcastic joke of some kind or another...people are actually leaving?!


2,748 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:35 AM PDT by Teri0811
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To: publana

As we all are.


2,749 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:36 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: dirtboy

You are not hyping, many people are in danger right now.


2,750 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:38 AM PDT by not-alone
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To: publana
Sorry... I am sure you are concerned- but this is not a cable news show- it is a free republic- a political forum!

You can scroll past posts the same as everyone else. There are some people around here who need to seriously grow the heck up. Some people laugh- some people cry- some people act a fool- some people pray- It's a big world out there-deal people.

2,751 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:43 AM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (Code pink stinks!)
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To: Smogger

St Bernard Parish website is down, only available through google cache:

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:Yv2Bk9o4uKgJ:www.st-bernard.la.us/+st+bernard+parish&hl=en

I was trying to see some pics to reference "what" exactly was under 25 ft of water.


2,752 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:48 AM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: Cvengr

See post #2737 for some bad shinola!


2,753 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:52 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: CedarDave
Employee just came in and said gas stations all over town have increased price of gasoline by 20 cents/gallon in the past two hours

Would you happen to know where exactly the prices are rising, or is it being seen pretty much everywhere? I was hoping that prices wouldn't start to rise just yet.

(I still have to fill up my car!)
2,754 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:04 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29 (Whoo HOO-- my kids start school on Monday!)
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To: the Deejay

FIRE ANTS...and gaters...lots of nasty lil creatures...and ohhh don't ferget the crawfish....


2,755 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:08 AM PDT by antivenom (If your not living on the edge, you're taking up too much damn space!!!)
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To: AmericanMade1776

They say he's still alive.


2,756 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:09 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Republic
The 2004 population estimate for St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana is 65,554. (Census.gov)
2,757 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:10 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: Calpernia
Anyone know if this picture is from inside a tunnel?

I don't think so. It looks like the area over by City Hall.

2,758 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:10 AM PDT by hc87
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Hold on, Hold on, Hold on. The name of the Hurricane is Hurricane Ditka.

"Full-size Ditka? or mini tropical storm Ditka?"

2,759 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:34 AM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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To: andyandval
check out janetjanet1998's new posting on news/activism!

I saw that. I'm hoping we can get some kind of media reports as to any surge topping (or not topping) the levees on the east section of NO.

2,760 posted on 08/29/2005 9:31:43 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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