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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
Tropical Storm 12
Absolutely.
Yes thanks to the awesome Free Republic. I'll have to make sure I reserve a 'mod' table at the reception hehehe ;-)
Thanks for the info. Maybe the Dutch can loan us back some of them...
I'll respond.
Hey, wasn't me!
The only question in my mind was whether NOLA was going to be functionally destroyed (which is what we're seeing) or completely drowned and destroyed.
I would also like to request that any and all FReepers who said that the SuperDome would open up like a package of JiffyPop report for the same treatment.
some of the media claims - I heard one fellow on TWC talking about 40,000 dead, 20 feet of water in the entire city, basically the entire city being destroyed, were exaggerated. Fox has live footage from the bourbon street area right now (eerie to see it in total darkness), there isn't even a puddle in the street.
but I won't dwell on this, its not appropriate right now.
I'm of the opinion that Shep and friends wouldn't dare venture into those neighborhoods without a security detail. Shep and that crazy FNC reporter who was running around in the hurricane look like drunk frat boys. Shep was drunk for his O'Reilly interview, no doubt in my mind. Never mentioned any relevant info in the interview.
Meanwhile, Van Sustern's video editors purposely used a helicopter shot from WDSU of a building that burned out last year, as the intro for the 'devestation in NO' segment. They knew it was burnt out last year, if they had the audio feed to go along with the video feed.
FNC was extremely disappointing, Shep looked like a infomercial host for a half assed French Quarter tourism promotion. He didn't venture more then 150 feet from the front door of his hotel.
I heard Meserve's report--really got to me, too! There is going to be a tremendous death toll from this storm, and glib reporting is going to get real old real quick.
Ah, yeah, it was Gulfport, not Biloxi.
;-D
I really am happy for you.
I still don't see why the moderator can't assign one for me!
;-p
They've been showing the rescue by chopper from the roof on CNN and FNC.
There is nowhere for them to go. They need to designate a smoking section, for sure. The smokers are getting squirrely by now. Alcohol withdrawal may be a factor too, although it's a bit early for that.
Don't forget the cockroaches.
Interesting idea about the fire boat. Yeah, the most obvious solution would have been to have independent failsafe backup generators for every pump, but that would have required competence, planning, and implementation, none of which appear to have been evident among local and state officials. Of course Sentor Mary L. disagrees, and says the feds should have paid for it long ago. The gall of me to suggest that perhaps her state and city officials actually pay a bit for their own protection, perhaps it is our fault for not also buying their insurance for them.
They should have gone in on an airboat!
No imagination these days.
The first thing they will "fix" will be the airports.
Portable pumps, even *really* big ones, only have capacities in the *hundreds* of gallons per minute. They're great for draining a small pond or keeping a leaky boat from sinking...
But when draining a city... the numbers get a little nutty. :-)
Can't use the strips until someone drops in by airdrop or chopper to walk it over - the soil beneath the runway may have liquified and may not currently be able to support the weight of a transport craft.
Nothing to stop them from using the place for choppers and as an HQ or op center/assembly area in the meantime, though.
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