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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: RobFromGa

Interesting. I've read a couple of prophecies this year that said God was going to move boundaries. This was before the tsunami hit and moved boundaries of those countries. Hmmmm.


3,861 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:00 PM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: conservative in nyc
The dolphins ... were moved to the Best Western in Gulfport because they needed to be at a higher elevation, said one of their keepers, Dr. Moby Solangi.

Do you suppose his parents named him that?

3,862 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:25 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Gone GF

Has anyone heard anything abour Mandeville? I have inlaws here in GA that just escaped the wrath of Katrina.


3,863 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:26 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: No Blue States

We= All those who believe in Him.


3,864 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:28 PM PDT by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: CindyDawg

Me too. I'll be a "we."


3,865 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:28 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: Calpernia

Ivan is not a woman...


3,866 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:30 PM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: r9etb

You're welcome. Didn't want to have sick Freepers blaming us ;)


3,867 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:30 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: CindyDawg

I'm so glad I don't live in a hurricane area. I'm racking my brain trying to think of any natural disaster that would put us up here in MN in a similar situation...Maybe a big tornato, but that would only affect a limited area.


3,868 posted on 08/29/2005 12:54:58 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: maggief

Good Lord. That guy was flying to do that kind of damage, even though they've probably cut the van apart to get (what was left of) him out.

}:-)4


3,869 posted on 08/29/2005 12:55:00 PM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: RobFromGa
Posted on Mon, Aug. 29, 2005

South Mississippi Town-by-town roundup

Bay St. Louis: Major flooding all around.

Biloxi: The Biloxi River is flowing over the bridge on Interstate 10. . . Water on first two floors of Beau Rivage. . . Extensive flooding in East Biloxi. . .

Gulfport: 3 of 4 walls have collapsed at Harrison Central 9th Grade School in North Gulfport. . . At least three firehouses have taken significant damage . . .

Harrison County: Damage to virtually all shelters, including broken windows, leaky windows and no power, but no injuries. Lyman Elementary lost two buildings. People were moved to another building on campus safely. Woolmarket Elementary, lost its roof. West Wortham Elementary has signficant roof damage.

Poplarville: A tornado was spotted nearby at 10:20 a.m.

D'Iberville: 5.5 feet of water at Suburban Lodge on Automall Parkway.

Pascagoula: The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency had to relocate to the courthouse after the roof came off their building downtown. . . The roof also came off the gym at St. Martin High School. . . Reports of flooding in the Chipley area.

Porteaux Bay: four people were trapped on a roof, wearing lifejackets. They couldn't get through to 911, but got on WLOX, asking for help.

Wiggins: 100 mph wind gusts (11 a.m.)

3,870 posted on 08/29/2005 12:55:27 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: Abigail Adams

OOps! Tornado. And certainly not a big tomato!


3,871 posted on 08/29/2005 12:55:37 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Slidell is almost as poorly situated as New Orleans. Water practically surrounds it and its elevation is probably not much better than New Orleans.


3,872 posted on 08/29/2005 12:55:50 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Visit Club Gitmo - The World's Only Air-Conditioned Gulag.)
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To: Gone GF

Don't have anything directly on Thibodaux, but a few hours ago a reporter who road the storm out in Houma said he didn't see any major structural damage there, unlike what he did see as he got close to New Orlean.


3,873 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:13 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: txflake

About 250 along the Gulf Coast, and another 100 or so in Virginia four days later, due to flash floods. (Saturated soil + hills + 24" of rain in one night.)

}:-)4


3,874 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:15 PM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: 2nd Amendment

Wondering about the people in plaquemines parish, too...Shell Beach, Venice, Port Sulphur, Delacroix....the storm came so close to that strip.


3,875 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:23 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Abigail Adams

Oh, I'm sure killer tomatoes would certainly put a damper on things. ;-)


3,876 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:36 PM PDT by uglybiker (Did ya hear the one about the cannibal who passed his best friend in the forest?)
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To: 6ppc; Guenevere
Guennie, thanks for the prayers.

6ppc, thanks for the information.

His girlfriend just called; she has heard from him and he is so far doing fine; hunkered down in the barracks.Rather in awe; he's a northern boy & has never experienced a hurricane.

He said one of the guys went outside for a smoke (if you can believe it) and was struck in the head by a flying beam. He was taken away by ambulance; no word yet on his condition.

3,877 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:41 PM PDT by MozartLover ( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
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To: Smogger

Mr. Mayor, how can anyone boil water if there is no electricity?


3,878 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:42 PM PDT by mwl1
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To: Marysecretary
Interesting. I've read a couple of prophecies this year that said God was going to move boundaries.

Yeah, but then again, see Matt. 24....

3,879 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:48 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Smogger

Despair in the 9th Ward

New Orleans, 9th Ward, 2:30 p.m.

Times-Picayune photographer Ted Jackson waded into the Lower 9th Ward Monday afternoon and reported a scene of utter destruction. The wind still howled, floodwaters covered vehicles in the street and people were clinging to porches and waiting in attics for rescuers who had yet to arrive.

In one home on Claiborne Avenue near the Industrial Canal bridge, Jackson saw a man peering from a window in his attic. The man said rising water in his house had forced him, his wife and two children into the attic.

Jackson estimated the water's depth at 12 feet.

"He was very calm,'' Jackson said of the man in the attic window.

Jackson said he couldn't get across the street. The water was too deep and the current was too fast.

Nearby, three children and three adults were clinging to a porch, trying to stay above the water, which they insisted was continuing to rise.

"They were really scared. They said they had been clinging to that porch since 8 a.m.''


3,880 posted on 08/29/2005 12:56:53 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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