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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: LibSnubber
There are people on this thread who have displaced relatives, and people like me who don't even know if they've lost relatives yet.

And we have a dozen FReepers who were in the direct path of the storm who have not checked in yet. We have another dozen who were on the periphery of the storm who have not checked in yet. And we have 4 who will have this storm upon them soon enough. Go HERE for the thread.

4,041 posted on 08/29/2005 1:28:10 PM PDT by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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To: NautiNurse

http://flickr.com/explore/


4,042 posted on 08/29/2005 1:28:12 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Grand Isle: (tiny island down on the coast) 7 persons who stayed behind cannot now be found.

Frankly I'm annoyed that anyone is even trying to find them. There are thousands of people who tried their best to get out of harm's way, who are nonetheless in mortal danger right now. Leave the suicidal idiots for later.

4,043 posted on 08/29/2005 1:28:18 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: r9etb

Howard Ave. area, New Orleans

Monday, 3 p.m.

Reporters didn't have to travel far from The Times-Picayune offices on Howard Ave., to witness the storm's destructive force.

Within four blocks of the office, the storm scenes were still raw and astonishing. A handful of cars in the parking lot had their windows and sky roofs blown out. One sportscar had its hatchback glass blown out, the back-seat head rest protruding from the back window like a shark's fin.

Several concrete light poles along I-10 were snapped in half. Billboard signs were shredded and flailing in the wind. Dozens of sheets of aluminum siding were twisted around tree trunks and fences. Street signs were bent at 45-degree angles. Several trees were uprooted. Several large tree branches littered both lanes of Howard Ave. Windows at a General Electric maintenance building were blown out on both the first and second floors.

Dozens of buses and vans at the New Orleans Tours depot appeared to be in good shape, their windows intact thanks to owners who left the front doors and side doors open to reduce the pressure on the glass.

The wind was still gusting to tropical storm strength, churning the flood water to white caps along open roads.

The flood water was as deep as four feet in some places, rendering roads in and and out of the area impassible to all but the highest-riding trucks and SUVs.

The flood water was knee-deep under the Jeff Davis overpass near Xavier University.

A middle-aged Mid-City couple who had evacuated to Baton Rouge was stranded in their Honda Envoy under the overpass. The couple had evacuated to Baton Rouge for the night but could not reach their house because more than 5 feet of water surrounded it. Fortunately, the house was raised above the water level and appeared dry, the man said. The couple had chosen to wait out the storm in the relative safety of the overpass.


4,045 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:13 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Spiff; NautiNurse

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/hurricanekatrina/


4,046 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:36 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: AnAmericanMother

"It's too hard, especially in the absence of enough effective law enforcement, to tell the "scavengers" from the "looters".

Thats because there is no difference between the two.


4,047 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:37 PM PDT by monday
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To: rolling_stone

I sure don't mean to downplay any destruction in NO....I just hope that later today or evening, we'll find out more about what happened in NO besides the FQ and the dome. To be honest, I find the reports from Shep Smith to be offensive. Places where families live, neighborhoods, are far more important to me than wether the bars in the FQ made it through undamaged. He's been rah-rahing how NO dodged the bullet all day. Sorry for the rant, but I'm so frustrated trying to find out what has happened to my relatives.


4,048 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:41 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: bwteim

Does anyone have a good newspaper link for New Orleans that is updating regularly?


4,049 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:51 PM PDT by silentknight
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To: fooman

Well, a while back a LA poster noted that they may not have confidence yet that the levees are going to continue to hold, that there may be concern about liquification and weak spots. Remember, even without storm surge, most of the city is still below sea level, so a breach could still cause devastating flooding. I sure wouldn't let people back in until all the levees of a bowl where checked out.


4,050 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:07 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: BurbankKarl

Looting

New Orleans, 2:15 p.m.

Returning from a fact-finding expedition from the newspaper's Howard Avenue headquarters, a group of reporters and photographers stumbled on a parade of looters streaming from Coleman's Retail Store, located at 4001 Earhart Blvd., about two blocks away from The Times-Picayune offices.

The looters, who were men and women who appeared to be in their early teens to mid-40s, braved a steady rain and infrequent tropical storm wind gusts to tote boxes of clothing and shoes from the store. Some had garbage bags stuffed with goods. Others lugged wardrobe-sized boxes or carried them on their heads.

The line going to and from the store along Earhart Boulevard numbered into the dozens and appeared to be growing.

Some looters were seen smiling and greeting each other with pleasantries as they passed. Another group was seen riding in the back of a pickup truck, honking the horn and cheering.

The scene also attracted a handful of curious bystanders, who left the safety of their homes to watch the heist.

No police were present in the area, which is flooded heavily with standing water two to four feet deep on all sides of Earhart Blvd.


4,051 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:09 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: rolling_stone

You are using the logic of man my friend.


4,052 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:11 PM PDT by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: jveritas

"God protect your family. Where do they live?"

Thank you for your prayers. They're in Metairie, Chalmette, Slidell, Lacombe, Abita Springs, River Ridge, and Kenner. We've heard from NO ONE. I'm worried sick, but mostly about the ones in Slidell. I've got a couple of old, headstrong uncles who I know wouldn't leave.


4,053 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:31 PM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: r9etb

good point. they would have to bring their own supplies.

We have a biz that was looted three times.


4,054 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:37 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: jveritas

Perhaps it is some others here that need to cool it a bit. And show some of That compassion right now to those Freepers waiting for news from their families and hometowns.


4,055 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:50 PM PDT by EBH (Never give-up, Never give-in, and Never Forget)
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To: MrsCinAZ

Nice retort.


4,056 posted on 08/29/2005 1:31:12 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
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To: EBH; LibSnubber

This is the LIVE thread; on live threads, it speeds up and then there are lulls; this is how live threads work on FR.

This is not the official hurricane FACTS ONLY thread.

You'll get use to it.


4,057 posted on 08/29/2005 1:31:29 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: bwteim; Quilla
This was what I was going to post, but I'm affraid it dates me:

From Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[After Spicoli wrecks Jefferson's car.]
Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill us!

Jeff Spicoli: Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes!

Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna sh*t!

Jeff Spicoli: Make up your mind, dude, is he gonna sh*t or is he gonna kill us?

Jefferson's Brother: First he's gonna sh*t, then he's gonna kill us!

Jeff Spicoli: Relax, alright? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

-----------------

One of my favorite exchanges....

In times like these, you need to be able to laugh...

4,058 posted on 08/29/2005 1:31:34 PM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: WoodstockCat
listening/watching wjtv.com out of Jackson, MS and the worst straight-line winds are past Hattiesburg.

Thanks. I also really appreciate that Hattiesburg link. They have a basic timeline, but I haven't checked back there for a while.

4,060 posted on 08/29/2005 1:32:00 PM PDT by easonc52
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