Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part IX

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

[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

Wind Speed Data

Images:

Birmingham AL Radar

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

Memphis Radar

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 NOLA Photos

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
Tropical Storm 12

[NautiNurse]

I just checked to see if there was a full moon tonight--sure seems like it.

[Abigail Adams]

How are things there now? Why do you think the 'boro will flood? I'm not familiar with the area. Thanks!!!

[dfwgator]

How frustrating it must be to beg and plead for people to get out, and yet you only have so much power. And you would think with the legacy of Camille in that area, that people would have known better.

[commish]

We can hope it wont go up, but it will. This is BIloxi/gulfport. NO has already reported bodies floating in the water (mayor said that and Jeanne Maserve CNN said she saw some.)

Plus there will definately be some from Pass Christian/Bay St Louis/Slidell

I fear this one will be in the hundreds.

[don-o]

Lots of us went to really good schools and had really good history classes/teachers/profs, and didn't learn about Louisiana parishes. My elementary education in Newport (Cocke County), Tennessee. Moonshine and cock fighting capital of America.

Secondary education in the metropolis of Kingsport. One place or the other, I learned of the Louisiana difference.

[Ramius]

This is why Haley Barbour has been so distressed all day.

Yah. I've had the same feeling all night and all day. We still don't have people into the worst places yet, but it isn't hard to guess what's there when they get there.

[Howlin]

I heard Haley say that on H&C.

Bless them all; and bless Haley for he's going to have to be doing these next few days.

[don-o]

Still nothing from St Bernanrd's

[Howlin]

I said that more than once; I felt like he was expecting something really bad.

[Admin Moderator]

CAN'T YOU PEOPLE USE RESTRAINT AND COMMON SENSE WHEN POSTING?

[Types_with_Fist]

Yes.

[maineman]

Watching FOX's coverage...AWFUL. They have the same video over and over. Keep going to the French Quarter, I guess you can't get enough of drinkers.??

Shep reported from there, "Can you hear the explosion sound? It's shutters." Great!!

So I watched Scarborough Country @ 10:00 PM, video I've never seen. Unreal, I had no idea.

I stayed on FOX all day, bad decision.
I know about the French Quarter all right.

And on Fox & Friends this morning, UGH! Kilmeade interviewing the NG Major @ the Superdome, terrible! He kept trying to get the Major to tell us how bad the conditions inside were, the Major refused to be negative. Kilmeade made a comment after the interview like, "Well he's upbeat isn't he."

Just curious if anyone else found the coverage elsewhere more informative?


I'll still watch Bill and H&C...but that is it. Really awful coverage. And I'm not even going to mention the Geraldo Manic Episode last night.

[Admin Moderator]

Take an hour off for personal attacks.

[stboz]

How frustrating it must be to beg and plead for people to get out, and yet you only have so much power. And you would think with the legacy of Camille in that area, that people would have known better.

Those who lived through Camille are now old farts who are to be disregarded. A life-long friend of mine was at Keesler then. He said the wind was 190+ for over three hours...deafening. They picked bodies out of trees and rubble for days.

[NautiNurse]

It is not possible they have made it into all dwellings this quickly following the storm. I don't have a death toll wish, it takes time to canvass the areas. On the flip side, if most of the residents evacuated, then this could be a reasonably accurate number.

[Pyro7480]

I get a chuckle whenever I see your screen name. I get the mental image of a man pounding on his keyboard.

[Howlin]

On CNN, Jeanne Meserve is in tears, talking about what she has seen today.

[bannie]

My take yesterday was that there would be a riot-or-something-like-it in that place. Too many people under too much pressure.

[Ramius]

I forget who said it way, way upthread... but I think it was right on point: It's the places we're *not* hearing from that are the problem. There are some very large areas that we really have yet to learn anything about at all. I wouldn't expect good news from those places.

[VA40]

MSNBC just said only 4 confirmed, AP still reporting 50