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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
Tulane is a bigassed hospital...sounds bad.
Yes it is live... they just threw the LIVE graphic - another levee breach OMG
she said they are in contact with FEMA - if the water keeps rising they will evac
Starwise -
Since you were watching CNN, did you see the interview w/the man who had lost his wife and appeared to be in shock? He said his house split in half.
I'm still in tears. And now there's word in that one of the levees has been breached and they're clearing out 2 hospitals? I'm afraid the folks in NO are going to wake up to a nightmare tomorrow.
This is almost the worst case. The flooding will fill the bowl of the main part of the city. It is just as if the storm surge had overtopped the levee, but will take a bit longer. If they can't plug that leak, it will flood to sea level, 8-12 deep in much of the city. The FQ and Superdome are above sea level, but the flooding just got much worse.
Water rising an inch every 5 mins at Tulane University per CNN. 17th St. Rd. and Canal levee is breeched per the police and they must evacuate the critical patients by helicopter. the water is too high for ambulances.
By air! 1000 patients!
Amazing!
They're talking to FEMA right now about evacuating the hospital ... Holy God .. this is deadly .. that Lake is going to kill even more people.. how can this be salvaged??
OK. I see it now.
You're safe up in TN with your beautiful family, yes?
NO may yet drown - the only good thing is that it's happening slowly. People have one more chance to get the hell out.
This is really bad. From what I've seen on the news much of the levy system is just sand and rock built up to a certain height. If there is a breach 2 blocks wide, and the flow is increasing, it means that the flow is eroding the levy. This could mean a rapid failure of the levy.
Are you listening about this breach?
Thank you.
Now, did you happen to get the address that lady just gave for the breach in the levee? :-)
This may flood the whole "bowl" - it there has been one breech there will be more.
And this new water disaster that's happening now in NO is going to be unbelievably horrible .. I can't imagine how they can hold bake the Lake Ponch ... oh God ....
(about the bridge): I believed what you heard - my husband saw the mayor say the same thing: "gone" - I posted the article as the only story I could find on the bridge at the time... news is coming in fast again tonight.. very troubling & confusing.
17th street and something; she said water was RUNNING down canal street.
If it's that big, the Corps isn't going to be able to use their emergency patch systems in the area, I think. Going to have to sink some awfully big ship in the gap or something.
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