Rescue personnel check for stranded people after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge put most of Bayou La Batre, Ala., under water Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.
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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
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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 |
"Of course insurance companies covers floods, if you have flood insurance."
I was just quoting an industry representative who was on TV. It didn't sound right.
"I have reservations in Gulf Shores for Thursday the 1st. Any word on conditions there?"
Sorry, I don't know about Gulf Shores. Maybe someone else can help.
That's a nasty thing to say. You don't even know the kid. What's with the third world population thing?
It sounds funny but my fire insurance was cancelled when I had land movement on my property for just this reason. Lots of unscupulous individuals *do* arson their own houses after landslides and earthquakes. Unfortunate for the honest. (I spent lot of my own money to repair and sold the house, with full disclosure and at a loss, to someone with even more plans for reinforcement, which he completed.)
I have no idea what you meant by that post, but it didn't sound very good.
Yikes- I was just about to ping you on this. You ok?
How's your family?
where are these examples of people without flood insurance, being paid off by the government? from my knowledge of it, all they do is provide low interest loans.
Haven't heard yet. I'm expecting to hear something a little later this evening.
This lack of news on Slidell is really maddening. My sister-in-law was admitted to the hospital in Slidell on Saturday. Originally she was told that the patients there would be transferred to a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, but there was a shortage of ambulances so they were forced to stay in Slidell. I am worried about her as well as other friends there. The phone circuits are continually busy.
I'm OK; we're in Cobb Co. -- the local weather folk are saying that we'll get some severe warnings a little later on...
Rescue personnel check for stranded people after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge put most of Bayou La Batre, Ala., under water Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.
Actually, if you check into it, you'll likely find that your flood insurance is actually through the National Flood Insurance Program run by FEMA.
You can tack it onto your homeowner's policy, but the premium will be the same no matter who you use and the money passes right through to the national program.
Now... you can often get ADDITIONAL coverage above that.... but that's a different topic.
Oh no.......this has been my fear all day.
At least two oil rigs were adrift in the Gulf of Mexico, where Katrina raged through offshore fields as one of the strongest hurricanes on record. Fearing the worst from the 175 mph (280 kph) winds, oil companies shut down rigs and closed refineries along the coast, sending oil futures higher.
we feel for you, TX and hope you get good news soon.
fyi..Haley Barbour coming up at 5 pm CST ...live on wjtv.com streaming..
Look at the citizen journalist photos, especially.
That person should change their screen name, making comments like that.
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