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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: dawn53

The only media "personality" I'd heard of that was in Gulfport was Jim Cantore; I guess everybody else went to New Orleans. Any word out of Cantore since they had to run up to the second floor of wherever they were staying?

}:-)4


3,801 posted on 08/29/2005 12:43:10 PM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: Centurion2000
So what's going on? I've been offline for a couple of weeks.

Welcome to the new Weather Channel - all wind all the time!

3,802 posted on 08/29/2005 12:43:25 PM PDT by headsonpikes (The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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To: SoothingDave

Ok (last word:')


3,803 posted on 08/29/2005 12:43:31 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: spectre
Vegas! I know you live in a beautiful home there, DJ. Lucky you!

Thank you, SW.

Indeed. I love my home.

3,804 posted on 08/29/2005 12:43:40 PM PDT by the Deejay ((THE LADY DEEJAY))
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To: Smogger
Mayor Nagin issued a "boil water" recommendation for water in the city

Easier said than done, if the utilities are down. Two or three drops of Clorox per gallon of water will work until then.

3,805 posted on 08/29/2005 12:43:58 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

Right, how can they boil without electricity? And there's not exactly a lot of dry wood around for a fire.


3,806 posted on 08/29/2005 12:44:37 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: spectre

"Shep is showing Downtown French Quarter and it is looking very good! My heart sings that those wonderful old buildings are still standing :)"

The ancients had the wisdom to build on the high ground...


3,807 posted on 08/29/2005 12:44:40 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: cyborg

I dunno. You'd think they would stay in the caskets.


3,808 posted on 08/29/2005 12:44:45 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SCDockman

.....it tends to gravitate toward the first thing it hits....

Bert's theory of hurricane direction, formed today, states that the Missippi River delta, the protruding section of LA, the first land fall, bumped the hurricane slightly eastward, saving NO and damning MS.

The theory was buttressed when it was announced that Camille followed a similar path.

For the record, I'll try the vacuum experiment.


3,809 posted on 08/29/2005 12:44:53 PM PDT by bert (K.E. ; N.P . The wild winds of fortune will carry us onward)
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To: Abigail Adams

http://www.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/CurrentWeather/usa.jpg

Check out this latest weather map. Chattanooga Tn and Atlanta better get ready for some dump truck loads of rain.
Time to put on those chest high waders


3,810 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:09 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Frank_Discussion

I was hoping it wouldn't. Despite the damage there seemed to be a lot of optimism by their leaders.


3,811 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:12 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: YaYa123

Is Shepherd Smith originally from that area?


3,812 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:23 PM PDT by hoosiermama (prayers for all)
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Fire rescue officials talk as they check on the body of a man killed in a car accident when he lost control of his vehicle as hurricane Katrina struck on the I-10 highway outside of Pensacola, Florida, August 29, 2005. ...
3,813 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:36 PM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: SunnySide

I have a friend in Nashville. I suppose they will get wind and rain?


3,814 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:49 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: CindyDawg
"Your post is nobel but the thief stealing a TV probably feels like morally he is right too"

lol.... Yeah right! /<sarcasm
3,815 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:51 PM PDT by monday
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To: Smogger

'' Nagin said at least 20 buildings in the city had collapsed and that it might be 48 hours before resident..''

Man they will have a hard time to do an evac next time, unless the storm is tracking due west AND is a 5.


Why not just send out an invite to the looters?


3,816 posted on 08/29/2005 12:45:57 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: cgk
Mayor Nagin confirms bodies have been found floating in Bywater, Eastover and New Orleans East.

I knew it was too good to last forever.

3,817 posted on 08/29/2005 12:46:11 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: All
Newest info from Eyes on Katrina: A South Mississippi hurricane journal:


Monday, August 29, 2005

Don't come back yet 

This from staff writer Geoff Pender, who is calling in reports from Hattiesburg. If you are thinking about getting in the car and coming back to South Mississippi, don't. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is telling people who have evacuated to stay away until the roads have been cleared and the National Guard is in place. If we get word when that happens, we'll pass it along.

On a different note, we have a report that portions of U.S. 90 are under seven feet of water.

Putting it all together 

BY GEOFF PENDER
and MICHAEL NEWSOME
THE SUN HERALD

Hurricane Katrina brought catastrophic damage from the Coast to Hattiesburg. Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said downtown buildings were ‘imploding’ or collapsing, particularly in the 19th street area.
Coastwide there were reports of homes and buildings knocked off their foundations by storm surges as high as 28 feet.
As of Monday afternoon, no fatalities had been reported in Mississippi, but even emergency communications were sporadic at best. Harrison County Civil Defense's command post lost power and communications early Monday, and emergency operations centers in Hancock and Jackson counties had to be evacuated and moved to higher ground.
There were numerous reports of people stranded in attics or on roofs as the tidal surge and floowaters rose. At times, emergency crews were unable to go out in the heavy winds. Hospitals in the three Coast counties reported damage and problems in operations. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport reported major damage.
The first floor of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport was flooded Monday morning and workers scrambled to move medicine and equipment to higher floors. There were reports of boats blown north of U.S. 90 in Gulfport.
Numerous tornadoes were reported across South Mississippi. Beau Rivage reportedly has water up to its second floor. There was no word from the other casinos.
Gov. Haley Barbour urged people to stay put during heavy winds and flooding, and until emergency officials give the all clear.
“This is not a small storm, we have catastrophic damage on all levels.” he said. “Don't go running out into flood zones and getting bitten by snakes or wading through floodwaters that might be covering utility lines. Use good judgement in the aftermath.”
Barbour said search and rescue operations are the first priority as Katrina subsides.
Barbour and other officials had a harsh warning for those thinking of looting.
“I've urged the highway patrol and national guard to treat looters ruthlessly,” Barbour said, “The rules of engagement will be as ruthless as the law allows.”


3,818 posted on 08/29/2005 12:46:22 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: Knitting A Conundrum
WGNO is going to send a crew out to Slidell. Maybe we'll hear something more definitive when they get their report.

"Let me tell you something folks. I've been out there. It's complete devastation," said Gulfport, Miss., Fire Chief Pat Sullivan, who ventured into the hurricane to check threatened areas. -- WWLTV

3,819 posted on 08/29/2005 12:46:33 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: maggief

Wow, talk about wrapping your car around a tree. Sad.


3,820 posted on 08/29/2005 12:46:36 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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