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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
For someone who knows nothing of NOLA--what is the Twin Span? BTW--CNN lady reporter just said that around 300 people have been rescued by boats tonight--that's good news!
Apartment Buildings - many - on fire - per WDSU - North Arnold - huge fire...
LOL! One of those things wouldn't stay near me for 5 minutes!
I'd like an old man. Do you have an extra one I can have?
;-p
They let some of the smoke outside on the catwalks, so Brian Williams said.
Multiple structures . . . no fire-fighting pressure . . .
many? are these fires from gas leaks?
In "Meterie" (the huge fire) - someone can help me with the spelling?
I Would preffer to have you as my tag team parner.
Agreed. I'm envious. :)
No idea - what I posted is about all they said about the fires - other than wishing they had helicopters to drop water on them . . .
Who wrote that?
Permission to smack revel in the back of the head, sir/ma'am?
AP Radio News reported this afternoon that many refineries were reporting lighter than expected damage and that they expected to be back online "soon".
Yes... I heartedly agree... a fireboat is way better than a portable pump if the logistics can be worked out. But I would still submit that the scale of the mission is not something that will be done very quickly.
We're talking many billions of gallons of water... and I am confident that some uniquely creative solutions will be used that will amaze all of us. But it is a big job...
We surely hope they are; a few have, but not many. :-(
This is awful. Seem to be from the fire they showed a while back that involved only one home. There was nothing the firefighters could do. This is scary. One fire anywhere could burn down a whole section of town.
In all fairness, they only had so many of their crew out. They had to pick a spot and they can't go out much further than anyone else is allowed. They're trying.
"The twinspan is gone."
:-(
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