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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: Calpernia

Fox - Bridge in Mobile is down.

Reporter in NO on the rooftops reports white caps in the flood zone.


2,821 posted on 08/29/2005 9:38:46 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: jdm

Ditto.

Humor is better than hand wringing and doom predicting. We who are down here know what to do and most of us are just listening to what is happening. Nobody can alter anything now.

We are all different in what we want on this thread. All I want is for the sniiping to stop, just scroll by things you don't want to see.


2,822 posted on 08/29/2005 9:38:53 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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Monday, August 29, 2005

St. Bernard update 10:45 a.m.Some people who stayed in St. Bernard Parish were
forced up into their attics to escape the floodwaters,
said state Sen. Walter Boasso, who heard from local
officials that some houses in Chalmette had water
rising beyond the second floor.

“We know people were up in the attics hollering for
help,” said Boasso, who evacuated to Baton Rouge and
was camped out at the state Office of Emergency
Preparedness. Hopefully rescue workers will be able to
get to people who are trapped before the water rises
too high, he said.

[end snip]

Other reports at the above link


2,823 posted on 08/29/2005 9:38:54 AM PDT by deport (If you want something bad enough, there's someone who will sell it to you. Even the truth your way.)
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To: Termite_Commander
Seriously, it's great the storm dropped in intensity, but nobody's out of the woods yet.

I'm also confused.

All morning I've been hearing about breached levees and that P lake spilling over.

And yet I keep reading that NO dodged the bullet.

I am totally unfamiliar with NO. I'm not proud of that fact.

I do know about hurricanes being from Merryland and now living in Delaware.

But it sure doesn't sound like a dodged bullet to me.

2,824 posted on 08/29/2005 9:38:56 AM PDT by Fishtalk (Pop Culture and Political Pundit-http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: All

Bush is going to make remarks coming off AF1 in AZ.

What's the over/under how many questions it will take for a reporter will use to jump onto the Cindy Sheehan circus?


2,825 posted on 08/29/2005 9:38:58 AM PDT by relictele (How can Hillary run the country when she couldn't manage a household of 3?)
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To: the Deejay

::shivers!::


2,826 posted on 08/29/2005 9:39:01 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: jeffers

AT 1126 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD OVER JEFFERSON PARISH AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA
MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. THIS IS A VERY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION.


2,827 posted on 08/29/2005 9:39:18 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: cll

I used to send Box Project boxes of needed items, gifts, etc. to a black family in Itta Bena, MS, on the delta. I pray they and their descendants are okay.


2,828 posted on 08/29/2005 9:39:31 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Republic
"What does that mean...is a Parish and entire town, county or what? Thanks! (Do you have population numbers for this Parish?)"

St. Bernard is a parish/county located due east of the city of New Orleans.

When looking at a map of extreme southeastern Louisiana, you see two "fingers" of land that are technically peninsulas: one extending southeast, one due east.

The southeast "finger" is Plaquemines parish and is the path currently taken by the Mississippi to the Gulf; the eastern "finger", St. Bernard, is how the river used to run to the Gulf many, many moons ago.

The largest town in St. Bernard is Chalmette, my home town. Areas to the east of it are more sparsely populated, with a good portion of the parish very low-lying and, at the eastermost points, downright marshy.

Hope this helps.

2,829 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:01 AM PDT by LincolnLover
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To: bobdsmith
I am amazed at the people who wade into chest high water through the streets. Seen that after every hurricane in FL.
2,830 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:30 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: cfo

The man with his dog is really sad to read....hope they do ok!


2,831 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:31 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: Fishtalk

It's all relative.


2,832 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:37 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: eyespysomething
I saw a bunch once on an object floating down Lost River...near Texas and Louisiana border on I-10...it was the creepiest thing to see...it was the size of a basketball...ALL ANTS! Really really creepy...

Snakes, gaters and fire ants...no fun...

2,833 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:47 AM PDT by antivenom (If your not living on the edge, you're taking up too much damn space!!!)
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To: Carolinamom

That sounds reasonable.


2,834 posted on 08/29/2005 9:40:51 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Krodg
I'm on dialup and I don't mind :)

FYI to all dialup users...

If you wish to browse without pictures:

In IE: Go to Tools/Internet Options, pick the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Multimedia "list", uncheck "Show Pictures"

In FireFox: Tools/Options, pick Web features, uncheck "Load Images"

2,835 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:00 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Yes, I understand completely. Shep appears to be happy the French Quarter is still there...to hack with the rest of N.O.


2,836 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:05 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: THEUPMAN

Prayer does good...now we need to pray and roll up our sleeves for the help that will be needed. New Orleans, southern Louisiana and MS are going to need lots of help.

Prayer threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472631/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472260/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472449/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472458/posts


2,837 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:18 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Steve_Seattle

It's not at ALL unusual. Threads get stolen here all the time, unfortunately. We just have to not let the turkeys getcha down.


2,838 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:42 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Republic
What does that mean...is a Parish and entire town, county or what? Thanks! (Do you have population numbers for this Parish?)

"Parishes" are what Louisianaians call their counties.

2,839 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:52 AM PDT by mwyounce
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To: FeliciaCat

We have power. The trees are a bit scary as the wind comes in bands as does the rain.

No alligators threatening us yet. Hubby is cooking mustard greens and corn bread.

Sorry is that offends anyone.


2,840 posted on 08/29/2005 9:41:53 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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