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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:08:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Katrina made landfall today at 6:10AM CDT, and she continues to drive northward into Mississippi and Alabama. Several local radar sites are down. Tornado and flash flood watches and warnings are widespread.
President Bush has declared major disaster areas, clearing the way for federal aid.
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
Images:
Montgomery AL Long Range Radar
Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop
Other Resources:
Birmingham AL Weather
Meridian MS Weather (Radar down at this time)
Jackson MS Weather (Radar down at this time)
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
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
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Take another look at the footprint and understand that it was only the design and construction of the retaining walls that made the difference, Any flaw would have led to a much bigger mess. The fall of those building had the force of a small earthquake. Fortunately they did not fall at the same time.
I don't think the RC has done that for many years. They accept it for FREE.
Amateur Radio Nets Active as Katrina Comes Ashore
NEWINGTON, CT, Aug 29, 2005--The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) and the West Gulf ARES Emergency Net (3.873 and 7.285 MHz) are among the primary Amateur Radio resources now actively involved in Amateur Radio's response to Hurricane Katrina. Now a somewhat weakened Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 125 MPH, Katrina was centered near Picayune, Mississippi, some 60 miles south-southwest of Hattiesburg, as of 1600 UTC. HWN Manager Mike Pilgrim, K5MP, says the net will remain on 14.325 MHz "as long as needed in support of those in the path of Hurricane Katrina." In addition, WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center has been on frequency to accept incoming ground-level weather data reports from HWN participants.
The projected path of Hurricane Katrina as of 1500 UTC today. The storm came ashore this morning. [NOAA Graphic]
"We will be particularly interested in collecting significant damage reports in the wake of the storm," Pilgrim said.
The SATERN International net is also active on 14.265 MHz to support health-and-welfare traffic and inquiries, and Pilgrim referred all such communications to that net. SATERN National Coordinator Pat McPherson, WW9E, says that in addition to the HF net, SATERN is operating an EchoLink conference node, K7CWA SATERN, to aid in Katrina response. "Hurricane traffic can be handled through the SATERN International Net on 14.265 MHz, via the EchoLink conference node and health-and-welfare traffic may also be handled through the SATERN Web site by clicking on the 'Health and Welfare' link," McPherson explained.
The HWN and SATERN nets were active through the weekend as Hurricane Katrina worked its way toward the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 hurricane. The West Gulf ARES Emergency Net was scheduled to commence today at 0500 UTC.
Stations not involved in emergency traffic or participating in the net are asked to give the operation a clear frequency. Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau said he does not anticipate the need for an Emergency Communications Declaration to accommodate HF emergency nets. "Section 97.101(c) gives priority to emergency communications at all times," he pointed out.
Efforts are under way by Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) teams in areas adjacent to Louisiana and Mississippi to have personnel in place to deploy to the affected area.
"Standard ARES mutual assistance rules are in effect," South Texas Section Emergency Coordinator Jerry Reimer, KK5CA, announced early today on behalf of his counterparts in Louisiana and Mississippi. Reimer emphasized that ARES volunteers intending to travel should not leave without specific instructions, however. "Once the storm passes and the local ARES leaders have a better feel for what resources are needed and where, that information will be provided," he said.
At this point, ARES leaders in nearby sections are identifying ARES volunteers who are qualified and willing to travel into the areas expected to be affected by the storm once the hurricane passes through. A Web site signup form is being developed and will be announced.
A hurricane warning remains in effect for the north-central Gulf Coast, from Morgan City, Louisiana, eastward to the Alabama/Florida border, including the City of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. Hurricane force winds are expected to spread as far as 150 miles inland along Katrina's path, while tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 230 miles.
Coastal storm-surge flooding of 15 to 20 feet above normal tide levels along with large and dangerous battering waves can be expected near the storm's center and to the east. "Storm surge flooding of 10 to 15 feet--near the tops of the levees--is still possible in the greater New Orleans area," the NHC said. "Significant storm-surge flooding is occurring elsewhere along the central and northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast." Rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, and possibly up to 15 inches in some areas, is possible along Katrina's path across the Gulf Coast and into the Tennessee Valley.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/29/2/?nc=1
LOL! Orlando is a brave man!
How in the heck did you go from hurricanes to sand storms????
So you've been watching. Are we prepared for what we're going to see in the media tomorrow?
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That was not the way it played out with the 9/11 donations. Love 'em if you want, but my experiencs with the RC dating back to my first blood donation in '62, through my time in the US Navy and then the fiasco in '01 makes me think otherwise. My donations go to the SA only.
Oh I was not refering to RC. Life Blood will pay for your blood.
I agree that the pictures and stories we'll be seeing and hearing from this event in the following days, however, will dwarf the previous storms in the sheer volume of affected regional area and extent of loss and reconstruction necessary. This will rightfully be called a cataclysmic killer storm .. historic in all proportions of breadth of horror,loss and damage. God bless these suffering souls.
Mother of God .. Slidell got it bad. How could that reporter be out there?
Shaddup! This is not the place for politics!
>>>We are getting very little from the NorthShore, Gulfort, or Biloxi. I fear for what tommorrow may bring.We are getting very little from the NorthShore, Gulfort, or Biloxi. I fear for what tommorrow may bring...>>>
Yes, the lack of pictures and reports are bothering me more than anything. Plenty from New Orleans. Of course this could mean that the MSM are just stupid and sent everyone to New Orleans and not the useless (not my opinion, but the 'progressives' seeming opinion) states of Miss and Alabama. Who cares about a bunch of rednecks, right?
More Reports and 145 Photo Slide Show
Click Here . . . I thank God Hurricane Katria was not as bad as predicted by some.
Someone just said they heard from someone that the casinos in Biloxi are on the wrong side of the road
I still have not seen the video of looters.
I thank you with all my heart for the wonderful job you have done.
What reporter?
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