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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: mhking
The Red Cross didn't do a perfect job of planning.


4,161 posted on 08/29/2005 1:51:58 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: bkepley

"Insurance companies don't cover flood. That's FEMA (or whatever)."



Of course insurance companies covers floods, if you have flood insurance. I used to live in a flood zone and made sure to have flood insurance, even for my car, and lo and behold my car was totaled after a flood and the insurance covered every dime.

Unfortunately, most people do not buy flood insurance, even when they live in flood zones, and that's when FEMA steps in to bail them out with taxpayer money.


4,162 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:00 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: RobFromGa

WXIA: New tornado warning for Haralson County, for the same cell that blew through Carroll County.


4,163 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:11 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Jrabbit

The remains of Backyard Oasis in historic downtown Covington, during Hurricane Katrina, Monday August 29, 2005. Covington Fire Department Chief Richard Badon decided not to risk the safety of firefighters on the building, which was entirely engulfed.

4,164 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:11 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: CindyDawg

per wjtv.com : Wiggins, MS has major damage inside of the city, all streets are impassable, not able to re-enter houses tonight. curfew from 6 pm to 6 am tomorrow.


4,165 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:18 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: CindyDawg

per wjtv.com : Wiggins, MS has major damage inside of the city, all streets are impassable, not able to re-enter houses tonight. curfew from 6 pm to 6 am tomorrow.


4,166 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:18 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: BurbankKarl

OMG is that rescued or recovered? :(


4,167 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:40 PM PDT by RoseyT
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I think as a general rule it would be a very bad thing to declare open season on looters like that. It'd be too easy for groups of looters to form their own groups of "armed, responsible citizen witnesses."

OTOH, it might not be a bad idea for the duly constituted authorities to form a "ready reserve posse" in the "well-ordered militia" sense of the term, to keep order until LEO or NG made it into the area.

4,168 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:42 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: libtoken

Thanks for the update.


4,169 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:48 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Howlin; WoodstockCat
Straight line winds are the absolute WORST, IMO.

Actually I should have inquired about that, because I don't know what that means (was in CA most of my life before UT).

4,170 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:50 PM PDT by easonc52
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To: RobFromGa

I'm working in Chattanooga but live in Woodstock.


4,171 posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:58 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: ClancyJ
"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?"

Because New Orleans and the entire surrounding area became a city long before the notion of "don't build in a flood plain" was ever conceived. It's call a "grandfather clause".

4,172 posted on 08/29/2005 1:53:46 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: RobFromGa

thanks, I have been under tornado watch all day, this map makes it easier to check !


4,173 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:15 PM PDT by Sammie42
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To: WoodstockCat

just heard the update, Doppler Radar showed potential for tornado near Conyers, cell moving N at 30mph, watch out Snellville and Lawrenceville.


4,174 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:26 PM PDT by RobFromGa (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-- what are we waiting for?)
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To: RoseyT

I didn't want to say it but tye kid looks dead.


4,175 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:39 PM PDT by cll
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To: bwteim

""And you want to be my latex sales man?" "



All Kramer had to do was say "Vandelay Industries." Was that so difficult? : )


4,176 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:47 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: silentknight
Any news on Slidell? Unconfirmed news report syas word from Slidell City Government - "complete Devestation"

Direct Quote from Gulfport Fire Chief, "We are looking at Camille II"

4,177 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:49 PM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: BurbankKarl

Oh poor baby, that kid must've been homeless to be walking about by himself. America and it's third world poverty population. So sad.


4,178 posted on 08/29/2005 1:54:58 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: RobFromGa

Multiple cells coming in from the south. Present warnings: Gwinnett, Rockdale, Carroll, Haralson


4,179 posted on 08/29/2005 1:55:27 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I believe the govt offers flood insurance in areas where regular insurance companies will not offer it.


4,180 posted on 08/29/2005 1:55:41 PM PDT by aft_lizard (This space waiting for a post election epiphany it now is: Question Everything)
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