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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: conservative in nyc

Has anyone heard about Mobile? I thought I heard on our local station that water went inward for 2 miles.


3,481 posted on 08/29/2005 11:34:27 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel in HSV, AL)
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To: GOP_Proud

Lots of boozers and po'boy eaters too.


3,482 posted on 08/29/2005 11:34:33 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: conservative in nyc; fatima

Thank you both very much.


3,483 posted on 08/29/2005 11:35:00 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Hatteras
"The Superdome is still leaking, but it's manageable."

They set out a bunch of big pots to catch the leaks...

Those are Superpots!

3,484 posted on 08/29/2005 11:35:10 AM PDT by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: cyborg
Laz has exited the FR building.

He needed a cold shower.

3,485 posted on 08/29/2005 11:35:28 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: dfwgator

No, FoxNews.

Uma cut off the president after his comments on the hurricane. But, I got to hear him say "and I want to make these comments on immigration".

Now - wonder how I will get to hear what the president says on immigration?

Just after Brit Hume took him to task for not getting his message out on the war and that he MUST DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

I am furious at Foxnews. Oh, and my email was returned as non-deliverable to the posted Fox comments address.


3,486 posted on 08/29/2005 11:35:31 AM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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To: All; brothers4thID

There's a WWL (N.O.) weather forum where people are starting to post news from around the area. There's not much on there yet, but perhaps it's worth bookmarking and checking back on from time to time.

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=37d65c376f671954c2fb00658b13c1f6


3,487 posted on 08/29/2005 11:36:05 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: dfwgator
Bay St. Louis Mayor Eddie Favre

Any relation to Brett?

Possibly. Bay St. Louis is a stone's throw from Brett's hometown of Kiln.

FYI - Source for the article is the Sun Herald.
3,488 posted on 08/29/2005 11:36:34 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: SoothingDave

I knew who was posting this before I even looked:')


3,489 posted on 08/29/2005 11:36:50 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CFW

Yep, well that's an accepted role for them, to help people involved in disasters such as this.


3,490 posted on 08/29/2005 11:37:04 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (Get over yourselves!)
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To: silentknight

Isn't that pretty massive for so far inland?


3,491 posted on 08/29/2005 11:37:06 AM PDT by HoHoeHeaux
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To: Cvengr
They set out a bunch of big pots to catch the leaks...

Good thing they didn't use the Saints' receivers, they can't catch anything. (Ok enough Saints jokes for one day.)

3,492 posted on 08/29/2005 11:37:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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MSNBC: Biloxi: reports that some persons had been spotted on rooftops. Surge may have reached 20', but weather is improving. Low tide in 3-4 hours.


3,493 posted on 08/29/2005 11:37:27 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: LibSnubber

It's hard to believe, but I don't think there's been a reported fatality yet. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened, but I find it awfully encouraging so far.


3,494 posted on 08/29/2005 11:37:42 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Diddle E. Squat

No, you are wrong. The whole world does not stop because of a hurricane and there are plenty of news reports on the hurricane.

Just another way to temper what and when the public hears the news.

FreeRepublic is giving far better coverage of the hurricane and all other news IMHO.

It was a prime example of the media screening what the American public hears.


3,495 posted on 08/29/2005 11:38:05 AM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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To: LibSnubber

Chalmette underwater

Monday, 1:30 p.m.

Hurricane Katrina hammered the Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish, with residents telling tales of stranded people being plucked from their rooftops by passing boaters and flood waters as high as 12 feet well into Chalmette.

Residents fled the surging water, which quickly rose as the brunt of Katrina plowed ashore near eastern St. Bernard Parish.

Residents reported high water flooding such institutions as Rocky and Carlo's restaurant at the corner of St. Bernard Highway and Lloyd's Avenue. Others reported that homes on Campagna Drive were nearly underwater.

At Chalmette High School on Judge Perez Drive, officials had set up a shelter of last resort late Sunday. By Monday morning, the first floor of the high school was under water and the evacuees huddled in rooms on the second floor, reporting that they could only see rooftops of the surrounding homes.

The St. Bernard Parish government building, also on Judge Perez Drive, was said to have taken on 8 to 10 feet of water. The government building is in a stretch of the highway that comprises one of the parish's main economic centers, with a huge new Super Wal Mart nearby.


3,496 posted on 08/29/2005 11:38:18 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: All
Just to see how the other half lives, I ventured over to DU. To compare: On FR there are 8 threads, each one going about 2-3K posts. On DU, there are about 3 threads, each one with about 100 posts. But, if you go to the thread on Bush releasing the SPR, there is 197 posts. Go figure. I guess the compassion of the DU'ers is only for themselves. I am not really suprized, but, then again, I am....

Semper Disgusted

3,497 posted on 08/29/2005 11:38:21 AM PDT by Trident/Delta (Chaos, Panic and Disorder.....My work here is done!)
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To: SoothingDave

One unconfirmed report spoke of 40,000 homes flooded in St. Bernard Parish alone, just east of New Orleans.

There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries, but casualties seemed certain


3,498 posted on 08/29/2005 11:39:14 AM PDT by silentknight
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To: dfwgator
Good thing they didn't use the Saints' receivers, they can't catch anything. (Ok enough Saints jokes for one day.)

Reports say the holes are so big it reminds them of what opposing offensive linemen open up on the Saints defensive Line......so big a locomotive could run thru.

3,499 posted on 08/29/2005 11:39:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Types_with_Fist

After watching FOX all night, they sure did dodge the bullet.

FOX made it sound like NO would have to be rebuilt on another site, oh, and the dead would be floating all over.

The coverage from FOX has been so dramatic. With the drama queen Geraldo leading the way.


3,500 posted on 08/29/2005 11:39:29 AM PDT by maineman
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