Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[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

[Peach]

Stop talking about "the guy with a short fuse". You've been asked to stop by the administrator.

[lifacs]

reporter concerned that it, roof leaking may be a sign that it could get worse. People making their way up to the level where the concessions are. It started off as just a leak, not its coming in like a thunderstorm.

[Coldwater Creek]

And do not forget all of those good things that we were cooking last night. Can you believe that someone sent me mail telling me to shut up and stop cluttering the thread.

They weren't brave enough to post on the thread and get chewed out by the mod's.

[kitkat]

***I have to say, deep inside I'm chalking part of (?) this up to all of the prayers said yesterday.***

While the heavens stormed, we stormed the heavens with prayer.

[theophilusscribe]

cant believe we have power and hot coffee.

Yes, but do you still have Charles? :o)

[spectre]

This is NOT happening..is it?

sw

[LadyBuzz]

I have had a very bad feeling about the Superdome since yesterday - I hope I am wrong

[CobaltBlue]

Amen.

I couldn't get to sleep last night, and couldn't sleep this morning. Grew up in New Orleans, moved away in 1959, moved back in 1975, moved away again in 1987, but still love the place. And the people.

This is the first year we haven't gone back for a visit. We always go for my birthday/Labor Day, but this year are staying home to put down new flooring. Lucky for us.

[LadyPilgrim]

Got it! Thanks!;-)

You're a sweetie!

[mware]

They are saying it will be over an hour before the north wind hits NO. Those poor people in the Super Dome.

[mewzilla]

Is that why folks weren't allowed to sleep on the field, worries about structural integrity? I'd wondered about that.

[gopwinsin04]

Pascougla, Miss has reported 113 MPH.

[Hatteras]

"Where did you hear that? Please!;-)

Live Feed

[bored at work]

wow, thanks for the link! It looks like the $#%&S about ready to hit!!!!

[LadyBuzz]

I swear to God - those rscally Dems spend our money in their sleep

[Carolinamom]

After HUGO, we had trees down, no water, electricity or hot food and coffee for a week. Had to drive miles every day for a shower, meals, and cup of coffee, as well as buckets of water to flush the commodes. The HS where I was teaching at the time ....5 miles away... did have power and opened the day after Hugo hit, so you can see the problems. I never want to go through that again.

[KC Burke]

While in the early days of riverboat Casino gaming there was a requirement to be able to actually cruise the vessel, most of the state gaming authorities relented on that requirement as the U. S. Coast Guard began to stop it for safety concerns at various times. In the Mississippi coast, I don't think they ever cruised.

So the barges became more floor-structure only elements or the boats floated in basins. Then basins were built with the walls and roofs on foundations below the basins with the floors alone the floating element.

In most states however, the barge even if it a a floor alone, is a fully certified, air-tight, U. S. Coast Guard certified barge, vessel registration and everything.

[LadyPilgrim]

Got it! Thank you!;-)

[sheikdetailfeather]

Make sure you wear shoes! People in Fla. had cut feet when glass broke and they had to walk through it later.

[theophilusscribe]

I will clean it out by candlelight if it gets really bad!

:o)