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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
Surly it is floating somewhere....Can't imagine it sinking.
My place was at ground zero of Andrew before it was decimated .. I lasted for about two years in the area before I just had to get out.
I certainly heard the rumors .. and using common sense, and knowing about all the undocumented farm workers and other immigrants in trailer communities .. especially east of US #1, it always added up to me. The whispered rumors of the refrigerated truckloads of bodies were rampant; however, the "officials" always denied it.
I hope not. We were hit by Ivan pretty hard. I was hoping we would be spared this time.
I agree I saw the same TV program describing how the every one hunkers down there and even brings animals. I have to imagine if the USS ALabama disappered it would rivial the SuperDOme story this morning and we would be hearing all about it.
Is that Lee I see developing right now?
Governor Easly, NC, opened up 4 armories (for shelter) in Western NC, this morning. They are bracing for torrential rains in western NC. But also, open to any on the road seeking refuge, from any state of the US.
Ping to post 381 map. Pray for our friends that have not yet checked in.
Please lord let them be safe.
Hey Lady,
How are you doing?
Gotten any sleep?
I've had lots of work today, so I've just been off and on the thread. How did the show go? Wasn't that today?
4th lowest on record is what I heard.
Rescue in East N.O. and St. Bernard
Twelve boats have been deployed from Jackson Barracks
to search for people stranded on the upper levels of
their homes in eastern New Orleans and St. Bernard
Parish, state officials said at a 3:30 pm briefing.
The teams are responding to people who have made calls
asking for help, while also looking for people who
haven’t been able to reach emergency officials, said
Major General Bennett Landreneau. A few people have
already been reached and taken to the Superdome, while
a couple others were taken to Jackson Barracks, he
said.
Speaking at a press conference at the state Office of
Emergency Preparedness, state and federal officials
said the top priority remains rescuing people who are
still in physical danger. There are reports of
widespread flooding in St. Bernard and Plaquemines
Parishes, as well as in Slidell and the Lower 9th
Ward.
“First and foremost, we need to save lives and protect
property,” said Mike Brown, the director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
As well as looking for the people who need to be
rescued from flooded homes, the state is beginning to
send medical teams into the areas hit by the storm,
said Gov. Kathleen Blanco.
Fred Cerise, head of the state Department of Health
and Hospitals and a medical doctor, is heading to
Charity to help formulate a plan on how to get patients out
of the hospital, which has power problems and five
floors of broken windows, she said. Many patients are
expected to be sent to the Superdome, which has been
serving as an emergency shelter, and then sent by
plane to hospitals in north Louisiana.
Federal medical teams will be helping out. Brown
said personnel from his agency had been trying to help
out with medical assessments at the Superdome, but had
been having trouble getting to the area because of the
continued hurricane-force winds. FEMA will be
sending its own urban search and rescue teams into New
Orleans to help look for people who need assistance.
Brown said he plans to do an aerial search of the area
in the morning.
FEMA has water, ice and military meals-ready-to-eat
that are ready to be shipped into any areas that need
them, Brown said. He said he has “supply lines backed
up” to Fort Worth and Atlanta.
Blanco also has deployed teams from the state
Department of Transportation and Development to clear
access clear critical roads.
The governor re-iterated her request that people from
the areas struck by the storm should not try to
return. The roads leading back to Orleans, St.
Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Tammany will
be blocked, Blanco said.
"Katrina is by no means over," Blanco said. "Whereever
you live, it is still too dangerous to return home."
What ever you say I've been here since 46 but if you were there for two weeks, well that says it all.
I got five hours. I have a cousin in the Atlanta GA vacinity, and since I know squat about hurricanes, don't know if the Atlanta area will receive any damage.
There's a lot of smart people on this thread.
Hey does Rich Thomas still report for channel 12?
Rescue in East N.O. and St. Bernard
Monday, 4:45 p.m.
Twelve boats have been deployed from Jackson Barracks
to search for people stranded on the upper levels of
their homes in eastern New Orleans and St. Bernard
Parish, state officials said at a 3:30 pm briefing.
The teams are responding to people who have made calls
asking for help, while also looking for people who
haven’t been able to reach emergency officials, said
Major General Bennett Landreneau. A few people have
already been reached and taken to the Superdome, while
a couple others were taken to Jackson Barracks, he
said.
Speaking at a press conference at the state Office of
Emergency Preparedness, state and federal officials
said the top priority remains rescuing people who are
still in physical danger. There are reports of
widespread flooding in St. Bernard and Plaquemines
Parishes, as well as in Slidell and the Lower 9th
Ward.
“First and foremost, we need to save lives and protect
property,” said Mike Brown, the director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
As well as looking for the people who need to be
rescued from flooded homes, the state is beginning to
send medical teams into the areas hit by the storm,
said Gov. Kathleen Blanco.
Fred Cerise, head of the state Department of Health
and Hospitals and a medical doctor, is heading to
Charity to help formulate a plan on how to get patients out
of the hospital, which has power problems and five
floors of broken windows, she said. Many patients are
expected to be sent to the Superdome, which has been
serving as an emergency shelter, and then sent by
plane to hospitals in north Louisiana.
Federal medical teams will be helping out. Brown
said personnel from his agency had been trying to help
out with medical assessments at the Superdome, but had
been having trouble getting to the area because of the
continued hurricane-force winds. FEMA will be
sending its own urban search and rescue teams into New
Orleans to help look for people who need assistance.
Brown said he plans to do an aerial search of the area
in the morning.
FEMA has water, ice and military meals-ready-to-eat
that are ready to be shipped into any areas that need
them, Brown said. He said he has “supply lines backed
up” to Fort Worth and Atlanta.
Blanco also has deployed teams from the state
Department of Transportation and Development to clear
access clear critical roads.
The governor re-iterated her request that people from
the areas struck by the storm should not try to
return. The roads leading back to Orleans, St.
Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Tammany will
be blocked, Blanco said.
"Katrina is by no means over," Blanco said. "Whereever
you live, it is still too dangerous to return home."
Awwww...what a shame. I seriously doubt they will be open- but you never know.
That's the only explanation I can think of. ;-)
Apres le deluge
Mound Street is no more. The lakefront cul de sac is now beneath 4 feet of water. Scott Radish, his wife Kyle Radish, and neighbor Brandon Gioe, sat on the porch of their raised cottage, lamenting the damage and the irony. Scott Radish said they had weathered the storm without much damage. “It was scary. Almost all the tree branches fell, but the building stood. I thought I was doing good, until I noticed my Jeep was under water.”
The water in the neighborhood had risen only knee-deep during the storm. It was 2 p.m. when they noticed the water was rising rapidly, owing to a breach in the 17th Street Canal levee in Bucktown. As they sat on the porch and surveyed the scene, they could see tops of cars and a submerged boat.
Blitzer talking to one of their reporters that's ont he ground in New Orleans.
She told them she said earlier that NO had dodged the bullet. Then she said, "I was wrong, what we're seeing is Armageddeon."
Talking about the 9th ward, flooding, body floating, etc.
I know Max he was not in on it but hey tinfoil is fine with me I really don't care if you believe it or not.
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