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

[bwteim]

Catch the MS Guard?

"If you are in the business of theft, this may not be the best time to ply your trade."

MS National Guard, Go Guard!

[cgk]

Welcome :)

[shield]

He didn't say "shoot" but there sure was an insinuation there.

We understand what he was saying....the loons will not get it... LOL ... Thank God there are still some real men running the show... Too Bad Louisiana elected an idiot...

[STARWISE]

We knew the Dome would probably endure some damage, but how horrible that 25' long sections were ripped open in the roof and it's now vulnerable to the wind and rain inside. Can you imagine what being in that place right now with 24,000+ other scared wet individuals is like? Prayers for survival and sanity.

[Calpernia]

This it?

Awaiting Ivan in the Big Uneasy - New Orleans Girds For Major Damage

[ican'tbelieveit]

Heard it. You got it word for word.

[WoodstockCat]

oh great..cue the SCLC...watch race become the issue with looters..excessive force...just shoot them and get it over with.

[BurbankKarl]

MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 97-17-65. Looting.

(1) A person commits looting when he knowingly without authority of law or of the owner enters any home or dwelling, or upon any premises of another, or enters any commercial, mercantile, business or industrial building, plant or establishment, in which a normal security of property is not present by virtue of a hurricane, fire or vis major of any kind or by virtue of a riot, mob, or other human agency and obtains or exerts control over or injures or removes property of the owner.


(2) Any person who commits looting shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.


(3) The fact that a person may be subject to prosecution under this section shall not bar his prosecution or punishment under the statutes relating to larceny or burglary, or under any other statute or ordinance to the extent that such would otherwise be permitted in the absence of this section.

[Trident/Delta]

He is very out-spoken and direct. His ledership in the wake of Katrina will say much as to his political future.

That being said, the NG general that just spoke made it pretty clear that there would be "no quarter" for looters. That is DAMN direct talk in these PC times.

Semper Fi

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I don't know. Anyone know if people around Keesler AFB still have these bumper stickers on their cars, "Keep America Beautiful, Kill An Airman?"

[BurbankKarl]

You can shoot a fleeing felon in MS cant you?

[1Old Pro]

There was a report by an expert yesterday that snakes would be heading to high ground. He obviously knew what he was talking about.

Yep, he slithered North.

[the Deejay]

the deaths were not from wind or flooding but from snake bites. Ick.

Exactly.

People survive the storms, but get bitten by snakes!

MSM just seem to slide over the snake problems.

[Types_with_Fist]

Too Bad Louisiana elected an idiot...

Well, we can just about always say that about Louisiana...:-)

If Barbour is this strident in his speech... I take that as MS having suffered pretty bad in this storm.

[Doohickey]

Here's the Wiki on it:

http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-narwhal

[RobFromGa]

I have a birthday suit. Will that help?

Don't tell Laz.

[Marysecretary]

thank you! I knew it was near Greenwood but didn't know where Greenwood was! Wheeww.

[carl in alaska]

Regarding the SPR and Chevron, I read that somewhere on the internet last year when oil was spiking up on price manipulation just before the election. It was probably either on MSN Investor or Bloomberg.com. This was a news article talking about how the SPR was still being filled and what the decision criteria are for an oil release from the SPR. The article gave some background on the SPR and said the oil was delivered to the SPR by Chevron as payment for oil leases. I may have it saved on my old computer, but you might try a Google search on Chevron and Strategic Petroleum Reserve (...a suggestion at the risk of belaboring the obvious....lol).