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

[WestCoastGal]

Even worse, I cannot imagine how the conditions are in there.

Looks like it's starting now in NO, Shep reporting sustained winds of 70 mph. Roof off one of the buildings nearby.

[myprecious]

If they gather everyone in the center and their body heat rises fast enough, they could actually get a little hurricane going inside.

That may some of the recreational activities scheduled for the afternoon. It is going to get boring later in the day.

[gopwinsin04]

9,000 confirmed without power and AC in the Superdome. 3,000 without power in the Hyatt, windows now breaking at the hotel.

[jacquej]

I agree, WCG. I sent Fox News an email quite a long time back telling them that he was my favorite reporter, because he was direct, cool, and didn't hype or slant a story.

I think it is time to send them another note about his fine reporting, not to mention his calm in the face of danger.

[LadyBuzz]

Steve also spent many months reporting from Iraq - he has a wife & young children.

[spectre]

Even if NO escapes the big Bowl effect, the power lines could be down for WEEKS. I wouldn't want to suffer thru that.

sw

[SunnySide]

Do you all remember Harrigan's reports from Afghanistan with the Northern Alliance at the start of the Iraq war?

He apparently has no fear.

........

Where I come from it's called stupidity. even fighter jet pilots, astronauts and professional race car drivers say if you lack fear YOU WILL get harmed due to carelessness and likely die.

[TYVets]

On Intellicast Radar at 6:37 am this morning it appears the eye was passing over the Mississippi River.

Port Sulphur was on the Northwest side, Venice was on the Southeast side.

[WestCoastGal]

As someone wisely said yesterday, evacuate you can always go back later. If you stay you have no choice later.

[benjaminjjones]

Has anyone come with one of those nitfy FR java applets that will auto refresh for me on live threads?

[LibertyRocks]

I've collected some screenshots at the album link below. I have a shot from the "Parade Cam" on St. Charles 1 minute before the camera was lost. It's the last in the album right now. I will be adding more pics to this album.

Hurricane Katrina Screenshot Album

[beyond the sea]

Not to hear some of the whiners here tell it -- who most likely would have been part of the whiners yesterday berating the mayor for not ordering the evacuation sooner.

You're doing some pretty solid whining yourself right about now.

;-)

[MEG33]

Great reporting by Steve...

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "The caller stated that you can have two systems develop at opposites sides of the stadium. When they meet a lighting bolt can occur if charge is opposite."

That's why I never wear tinfoil over my head in domes... Don't want to be a lightning magnet...};^b)

[mhking]

the insults are not necessary; i made an observation.

[Guenevere]

Don't get me wrong...Steve Harrigan is one of my favs.

I simply don't think he needs to be standing out in this stuff....with flying glass, etc.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks, good idea.

I will do the same.

He brought us the story as it was happening. If men like that don't go out there we would never know the real story.

[beyond the sea]

more than once you did..........

[Sender]

I grew up in Florida, and I remember going through three or more hurricanes, luckily none of them direct hits on me.

I remember that my Mom was really scared of them, so we would go to a big hotel in downtown St Petersburg to ride them out.

I can remember seeing the plate glass windows in the lobby 'breathing' and stretching from the pressure, and seeing loose objects like metal trash cans, stop signs etc flying by.

Somehow our home escaped major damage each time. Of course the house was made of concrete and (real) stucco, with a heavy tile roof.

May God protect those people in NO and nearby regions who are unable to leave or are simply unaware of the magnitude of this thing. And thanks for the great threads!