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

[nwctwx]

Truly a massive storm. I don't recall seeing one so big come ashore.

[rodguy911]

Yeah I'm sure there is nothing to it, of course you were there weren't you?

[Tuxedo]

bump for later

[Knitting A Conundrum]

If I hear more, I will try to transcribe again.

[bwteim]

NautiNurse, Abb added Florida.

Here are Bama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Alabama Department of Transportation: Emergency Road Closures
http://www.dot.state.al.us/closures/

Alabama Department of Transportation: Press Releases: Hurricane Katrina
http://www.dot.state.al.us/Docs/Bureaus/Public+Affairs/

Louisiana DOT:
http://www.dotd.state.la.us/roadclosures/default.asp
Search form:
http://www.dotd.state.la.us/roadclosures/search.asp

Mississippi DOT Web Site:
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/

Realtime Traffic for Mississippi:
http://www.mstraffic.com/upgrade/default.aspx

Florida: http://www.eoconline.org/welcome.nsf?Open http://www.eoconline.org/EM_Live/roadstat.nsf

[TheSpottedOwl]

Nice "Adult Toy Store" on the video from the French Quarter.

ROTF, can you imagine all those "prosthetic devices" floating down the street???

[rodguy911]

Hey I was in Hialeah Sat. morning and saw five bucket trucks with huge booms led by three Hialeah police cars, call it what you want.

[Dog Gone]

I had heard that the Alabama was a storm refuge. It's really hard to believe that it just disappeared and nobody knows where it is. It's pretty hard to miss. It's gigantic.

Still shaking my head over this one...

[Tarheel]

Yesterday.

[nopardons]

bttt

[KC Burke]

...but does that mean that if the evacuation has ended you have to go ahead and take the vacation on the bare remaining floor slab where the condo used to be?

[Diddle E. Squat]

The Philadelphia Project, no doubt.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

They're under curfew at Gulf Shores tonight.

[palmer]

The track of Katrina looks a lot further west than any of last years including Ivan which curved east and Charlie which hugged the east coast. Although Katrina is larger than either of those, I think there won't be much rain on the east slopes. Here's a link to last year's tracks http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracks/2004atl.gif

[commish]

I am still trying to find an actual story on it. It was a report on our local TV here, my wife said it was also reported on TV earlier today, and I have seen a few mentions on forum --- BUT still no confirmation, and like you I find it hard to believe they can't find a Battleship.

[IYAAYAS]

I was active duty in the USCG when Andrew hit, I flew in less than 12 hours after Andrew passed and stayed in the area for two weeks afterward. These things you "heard" did not happen. ORRRR, maybe I'm in on it too.

[DollyCali]

NN.. thanks so much for continuing this effort of keeping info lines open.. I have followed as well as possible - your "check in " thread is a great Idea also Howlin.. Spiff's map w/FReeper locations is great. Prayers continue for all. We have a few days til it visits here in NE Ohio & will just be rain.

[stlnative]

CNN reporter says that Ward 9 is totally flooded - houses are mostly 1 story - water up to the roofs. (this is west of New Orleans and I-10 is completely under water)

[Strategerist]

Yeah I'm sure there is nothing to it, of course you were there weren't you?

So how are the dark forces of NOAA keeping things quiet among the hundreds or thousands of people that must "know?"

If you come forward, Max Mayfield puts on a black Ninja outfit and sneaks into your home at night and garottes your family?

[streetpreacher]

He did look stupid...