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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
Images:
New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait
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 |
Especially since it isn't necessary to "steal" the medicine at all. Leave an IOU. Pay for the stupid medicine later when the pharmacist has his business up and running again.
Yes, of course. I put "steal" in quotes for a reason. One would be morally obligated to make restitution at a later time, as I noted in one of my first posts here.
SD
General question for the forum: Are citizens allowed to terminate looters on the spot, in the state of Louisiana, if that were to be the general order out by the Governor to LEO, but no LEO were on site of said disorder and looting, and yet there were at least two, armed, responsible citizen witnesses to the looting?
Ch 6 has been running video of the hoods for the past two hours...
she seems anything but in charge.
More Biloxi News:
Posted on Mon, Aug. 29, 2005
Biloxi Sun Herald survives hurricane
Storm surge did not reach building
At 3 p.m., Biloxi Sun Herald Operations Director Marlene Kler reported, “The worst is over. Water didn't get anywhere near the building.” The plant is located less than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico.
The building is without power and phone service, and cell phone service is out.
She said, “We have many, many leaks, however. No power, and the roof blew off the generator switch. When the rain subsides we'll try to get it started. No phones, no cell service. I'm sending this while UPS (uninterruptible power source) is still up. We lost a vent in the print storage area, but I think we can salvage most of the newsprint. Being in the building and draping plastic, using wastebuckets, etc., I think saved a lot of damage.”
Publisher Ricky Mathews said his family was safe and his home survived, but a neighbor’s home did not. (Phone service gave out at that point, so no details.)
Earlier, several newsroom staffers went to the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer, where The Sun Herald will be printed.
Knight Ridder Asst. Vice President News Bryan Monroe and a team of journalists from The Charlotte Observer, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, The (Macon, Ga.) Telegraph and the San Jose Mercury News are in Montgomery, Ala., ready to move in to help. They are also rounding up generators and chainsaws.
The Sun Herald is keeping its Web site -- www.sunherald.com -- updated with local news reports and blogs.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/12507262.htm
Then howcome in Dallas you cannot build on a flood plain? Should those people also be entitled to build there and expect the taxpayer to pay for all flood damage?
thats right and they don't cover earthquakes either so be sure not to smoke near a broken gas line (by flood or quake) as the house may catch fire which is covered by insurance...
Frankly, I never understand that carping.
We are a "commnity" here, with each of us taking on different "parts," if you will; some of us are researchers, some of us put facts together, some of us speak from personal experience, some of us are just observers, but together we piece it together, move it along, consume it, whatever you want to call it.
We may beat the snot out of each other on other threads, but on these threads, for the most part, we are joined in a common goal -- information and -- just my opinion - camaraderie.
The live threads are the best part of FR, IMO. We never fail to rise to the occasion.
CNN reported earlier about a grocery store being looted....said there were whole families, kids and all, bringing out grocery carts full of whatever they could steal. As far as I know, the reporters didn't take any pics. He just was describing how the parking lot was full of people stealing from the store.....
Sweet.
I pointed my mossberg at some looters after the Northridge earthquake...they took off pretty quick, but we were on private property and boarding up our windows....
I wouldnt want to shoot anyone on a public street.
Then again, maybe it was caused by warm air rising off of water, and the subsequent low pressure being filled in from all directions by equally warm, moist air that creates a self-sustaining vortex.
Naaaah.
only if you have federal flood insurance. we have it where we live, its gotten more expensive in recent years.
its always been a controversial point - should the government provide this help to people who don't have the insurance? because if they did, alot of people would just cancel their policies and simply say "well, they paid off those people who didn't have it anyway, why should we pay for the policy".
Just wondering..if you go out in the Gulf in a powerboat..and manage to tie onto an oil platform that broke loose, and is floating by..if there's NO one aboard, can you make a salvage claim...?
Another article about the damage near Biloxi and Gulfport, MS:
Damage widespread
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."
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/special_packages/hurricane_katrina/12507279.htm
It was a Windixie. You can watch the footage on WDSU.
what you said.
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