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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: SunnySide
Exactly!! Mississippi voters did not want casino on their land.
541 posted on 08/29/2005 5:16:51 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: EBH
Yes, the Casino's in MS are built out on Barges, because it's against the law to gamble on land.. You'd never know it, from the looks of the structures.

But the Casino Hotels are built on land.

sw

542 posted on 08/29/2005 5:16:53 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: EBH
Someone was reporting that most of the casinos are built on barges, to float? He sounded pretty smart about it. Wondering if it's true.

That's what (MS Gov. - R) Haley Barbour was saying yesterday - it had been the law up until this year. He was worried they might break free of their chains and get blown into town.

543 posted on 08/29/2005 5:16:56 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: CobaltBlue

thats what I will take away from this if NO is spared - the models that predict this armadgeddon scenario for NO, in reailty, can't occur, or if they can, the odds are fantastic.

it would be a hoot if the best forecaster for this storm, is "Sam", the guy that Shep Smith interviewed in the Daquiri Bar on bourbon street.


544 posted on 08/29/2005 5:17:03 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Northern Yankee

Thanks


Worst part for NO still to come when the wind comes around from the north over Lake Pontchartrain which is when the levee's will be tested big time!


545 posted on 08/29/2005 5:17:42 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: bobdsmith
Perhaps people could drive the storm with prayer.

Prayers have been going up steadily since, I think, about Friday.

546 posted on 08/29/2005 5:18:08 AM PDT by knittnmom (...surrounded by reality)
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To: spectre

Same kind of laws in Indiana and Illinois. The casinos themselves are on boats, but the hotel facilities are on land -- but it is difficult to tell.


547 posted on 08/29/2005 5:18:23 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: cajungirl

Prayers to you and yours.


548 posted on 08/29/2005 5:18:34 AM PDT by EBH (Never give-up, Never give-in, and Never Forget)
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To: EBH
Due to the original legal requirements, the actaul gaming floors are built on huge barge-structure floors so that gaming is "on the water". Often these floors float inside a fixed wall and roof strucutre, but sometimes that whole thing floats. some of these are so large that you don't feel any movement during even a normal storm.

However, they can rise in a storm surge, rip connective links, tear a wall out of the surrounding strucutre, and do all sorts of damge.

549 posted on 08/29/2005 5:18:42 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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To: cajungirl

I can't stop watching a storm either, but something could fly through one of your windows so fast, you wouldn't have time to react. Sit far away and look out! LOL


550 posted on 08/29/2005 5:18:42 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: dawn53
"Evidently, the folks in nursing homes were left to fend for themselves. "

What?? That's absolutely horrible, what is wrong with them?

551 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:01 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: spectre
Yes, the Casino's in MS are built out on Barges, because it's against the law to gamble on land.

So they'd rather gamble on the weather and the sea.

552 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:22 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: EBH

An hour to hour 1/2 before the north winds hit NO.


553 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:27 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Notewatermelon just)
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To: cajungirl

Stay safe!


554 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:34 AM PDT by McGruff (Woof!)
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To: cajungirl

All that glass in your house is worrying me about your safety. Get in your laundry room and/or closet to escape even the possibility of being hurt..........PLEASE.


555 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:35 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Life is a journey, not a destination.)
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To: theophilusscribe
Landrieu has a solution for future storms. Invest plenty of federal dollars in the area. She said it 3 times during the interview.
556 posted on 08/29/2005 5:19:59 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: nina0113
He was worried they might break free of their chains and get blown into town.

Nope. No gambling on land:') Yall in the vicinity take care. Praying for you.

557 posted on 08/29/2005 5:20:03 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: nina0113

What town?????


558 posted on 08/29/2005 5:20:20 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: theophilusscribe

"Pumps failed" could mean that they're pumping against the water.

There are pumps all over the city, most pump into Lake Pontchartrain, if the lake is high then the pumps can't move the water out.


559 posted on 08/29/2005 5:20:35 AM PDT by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: spanalot
What happens if the roof fails, what will happen to the people inside?""

If not dead, they'll all retain lawyers.

560 posted on 08/29/2005 5:20:54 AM PDT by jslade ("If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.")
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