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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: Trust but Verify

Actually three refineries IIRC. I worked at the Murphy Refinery There a few years ago.


3,601 posted on 08/29/2005 12:03:17 PM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

CNN: Hattiesburg: Reporter had to take shelter in a hotel 2 hours ago. 5th floor windows blown out, power out, winds increasing.


3,602 posted on 08/29/2005 12:03:55 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: green iguana
How do you raise an island? Does the former first floor of a house that survived the hurricane become it's basement?

They used dredges to pump sand in from the bay. Wooden homes were generally jacked up and stood above ground at the same location. Stone structures did have their 1st story become the basement.

3,603 posted on 08/29/2005 12:03:56 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: WoodstockCat

I agree. This was especially scary, to me, knowing so little about it:

"The levee system in New Orleans is one of the most extensive in the world, but it is designed for a Category 3 hurricane maximum."


3,604 posted on 08/29/2005 12:03:56 PM 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: BurbankKarl

Don't know where that is...been 10 years since I left NO...


3,605 posted on 08/29/2005 12:04:17 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: cll

Quote "Anybody knows about a thread that might have been started to collect or direct on how to help victims. Other than the Red Cross?"

The Red Cross is taking care of THOUSANDS of people right now. As always they are in need of volunteers and donations.



3,606 posted on 08/29/2005 12:04:22 PM PDT by silentknight
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To: El Laton Caliente

Kenner flooding serious

Monday, 1:45 p.m.

Willliams Boulevard in Kenner is flooded north of I-10 to just before the lake levee, officials said.

Officials said the flooding appears to be more severe than seen on May 8, 1995. However, Lake Pontchartrain did not overtop levees. Throughout Williams and elsewhere in Kenner, businesses, homes and apartments are dealing with flooding and significant roof damage.

Chateau Boulevard is a zig-zag of trees and power lines blocking one of Kenner's main arteries.


3,607 posted on 08/29/2005 12:04:22 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: BurbankKarl
ABC2 showing flooding on Veterans Blvd....the Ponchetrain flooding

Link?

3,608 posted on 08/29/2005 12:04:25 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: cgk

What is a good local free-streaming site so that I can watch while I work?


3,609 posted on 08/29/2005 12:04:59 PM PDT by conservativeinferno (My SUV is the urban squirrel's worst predator.)
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To: SoothingDave
OOPs! I forgot my tag on that one.
3,610 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:02 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: Ichneumon
but New Orleans has hardly been unscathed.

Oh... I agree with that of course. They were not "unscathed" at all. I just believe that this storm DID have the ability to make these dire predictions come true. Just most of its power went to the east a bit. It was VERY close to being everything forecast.

3,611 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:31 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: cll

The Salvation Army. The Baptist relief is good too. I don't donate to the RC.


3,612 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:33 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: 1Old Pro
Exactly. And have milspec hardened technology to keep the signals coming. Amature web cams have done better then the networks early in the storm. (see links at top). With battery power and sat uplink you could do a great job with these.

Still no new data on the lake level.

3,613 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:46 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: conservativeinferno
wjtv.com 12 out of Jackson, MS.

mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95563

3,614 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:50 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: SandyInSeattle

For those who would like to help the ongoing efforts

http://www.redcross.org/


Hundreds of thousands of people will be fed in the upcoming days - along with continued sheltering efforts.


3,615 posted on 08/29/2005 12:05:55 PM PDT by silentknight
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Subscription is free. They issue a weekly report on various issues but mostly on security, war, threats, etc. As another Freeper mentioned, they're usually pretty good. When OIF was about to begin, they sent out an advisory well before the wires had the info.

http://www.stratfor.com

WARNING: They'll deluge you with e-mail to try an get you to upgrade to a paid subscription.


3,616 posted on 08/29/2005 12:06:01 PM PDT by cll
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To: BurbankKarl

I did not know that Corky's had a place in NO. They are native to our town. Anyone that can not live without Corky's can have it Fed Ex'd to them.


3,617 posted on 08/29/2005 12:06:15 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: silentknight

WDSU still asking for Slidell residents to call in.


3,618 posted on 08/29/2005 12:06:16 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Trust but Verify
It is NEVER permissable to help yourself to other people's property.

Well, uh, I'd tend to agree with you, but there's this pesky 16th Amendment thing...

On a more serious note:
As a property owner, I'm willing to make the looters a deal. They can have whatever they can carry as long as they're willing to take a heavy dose of hot lead along with 'em.

3,619 posted on 08/29/2005 12:06:46 PM PDT by HKMk23 ('Re you gonna eat that?)
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To: WoodstockCat

A weather guy on ABC local said he thought the water backed up in the drain canals, and that's why there's flooding...In other words, maybe not due to overflow over levees.


3,620 posted on 08/29/2005 12:06:49 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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