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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
It's going to get worse before it gets better.
There's no place to go. They are essentially cut off.
I'll go check it out.
And didn't she say the water had whitecaps on Canal St.??
There's also a lot of New Orleans specific information here. I don't know enough about the local geography to sift through it:
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_08.html#074977
17th and Canal........I wish I could map that!
Vertical evacuation is still an option in Downtown.
Can you find a map with one of the main (whatever you call it) for the levees at 17th and Canal?
I am SO not familiar with levee terms!
That's what I believe I heard also...whitecaps on Canal. That was a really disturbing phone call...you know it's bad when it's rising that fast and they're talking about airlifting that many people out. Yikes!
I can't believe CNN is the only one (at least that I can find) that's live...never mind having info apparently this current.
Spillway?
She did this is is a major crisis
17th st. levee in something that ends in ____view.
Last I heard from my Dad at 8:36 PM last night...
"Hey Ya;ll:
I'm hunkering down for the big storm...It 'spose to come right over the top of me....gonna unplug the ole 'puter and ride it out..be back up when its all over (I hope).
Love to all,
Pete"
The phones are down, no power, and the roads are blocked by trees, or just closed. So no way to get down there (south MS)from here (north MS.)
sigh...
Thinking Big About Hurricanes It's time to get serious about saving New Orleans.
Excerpt: A direct hit from a powerful hurricane on New Orleans could furnish perhaps the largest natural catastrophe ever experienced on U.S. soil. Some estimates suggest that well over 25,000 non-evacuees could die. Many more would be stranded, and successful evacuees would have nowhere to return to. Damages could run as high as $100 billion. In the wake of such a tragedy, some may even question the wisdom of trying to rebuild the city at all. And to hear hurricane experts like Louisiana State University's Ivor van Heerden tell it, it's only a matter of time before the "big one" hits.
Did that phone call surprise you? It did me; that's an awful lot of information going out that could cause widespread panic.....
Not very quickly till morning. And then where? Baton Rouge? Their power is mostly out and a long ways away for chopper shuttle. This is awful.
How could you stop the water from pouring out of a huge lake from a breech that's 2 blocks long?? I can't imagine a way .. the whole place is full of water already and now more is coming .. there is going to be more major drowning deaths. Dear Lord .. save these people.
If Lake Ponchartrain starts spilling in.....what a disaster.
I'd say we should start a new warning thread in Breaking News, but no one in danger has electricity and thus no internet access. So it wouldn't be of help.
There are going to be a lot more rescues required. Luckily there no longer is much of a storm surge, so the flooding won't be the guaranteed deadly 15-25' deep.
You can map any street here, with elevation contours:
http://terraserver-usa.com/
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