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

[IMRight]

"Actually, if you check into it, you'll likely find that your flood insurance is actually through the National Flood Insurance Program run by FEMA." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So when I bought car insurance from State Farm (or whomever it was, it was years ago) that covered floods, it was actually a joint policy with FEMA? That's weird.

Sorry. I may have missed part of the debate. AFAIK, all "comprehensive" automobile insurance policies cover "acts of God" including flood damage. I don't think you buy "flood" coverage separately (though not all states require comprehensive coverage).

The federal program is for real estate. I didn't realize you were talking about autos.

[Coldwater Creek]

Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!

[RegulatorCountry]

"One teaspoon per gallon and boiling is still reccomended if possible for at least 12 minutes."

That sounds like a bit of overkill from what I've been able to learn, but better safe than sorry, I guess. Consuming that amount of chlorine bleach over a lengthy period of time (months or years) can't be healthy, but it's sure healthier in the short term than cholera, typhoid or e. coli.

[Krodg]

Thank you. That's what I was afraid of.

[mtbopfuyn]

We have no use for the Red Cross. During Hurrican Alicia they made everyone pay for donated water and home made sandwiches. They wanted money for everything they did. Any wonder they had several "helpful" hands moving their sorry rears out of Galveston asap.

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/

Square miles of houses under water...

[Jemian]

Aaaach! I didn't hear a freight train for the one which came about a mile or two away from here either. Fortunately, it went in the other direction.

It's not raining very much right now, but the pine trees are swaying.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Brian Williams reported in the 5:30pm news that through all of this at the Superdome, not a single announcement has been made to the crowd, no information whatsoever.

What an excellent job of planning for an emergency that they knew was coming and had almost 40 years to prepare for. I guess the mayor doesn't know if he has the legal authority to give out just a bit of info to try and calm the restlessness and anxiety.

[U S Army EOD]

Please let me hear about Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis, MS. I used to live there on my sailboat. I still have a lot of friends there and visited only last month. Post or Freepmail me please.

[Peach]

I didn't hear anyone talking, but below the reporter, there was a big banner and that's what it said. 75% of homes in Gulfport lost their roofs.

But that seems impossible and it's why I'm asking if someone else saw it; maybe a typo?

[hoosiermama]

Work at Home Depot part time....The trucks with supplies are already rolling.

[berkeleybeej]

I think I'd feel sick to my stomach reading some of the cheap, sneering remarks here.

Accurate Remarks.

[mtbopfuyn]

It boggles the mind that so many didn't have the common sense to fill up every container they could find with drinking water yesterday.

[Coldwater Creek]

See post 456. Typical story about Red Cross compassion.

[spunkets]

"One teaspoon per gallon and boiling is still reccomended if possible for at least 12 minutes."

You'll get the squirts using that much.

[STARWISE]

There's going to be so much sickness, infection, snake and whatever bites .. God help them all. This truly was the BIG one... I know NO was spared much, and it will be hell on earth in that coastal region for months and months. Where's the mayor of NO?

[Strategerist]

Please let me hear about Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis, MS.

Apparently even Mississippi Emergency Management hasn't heard a word from either of the above locations all day.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Talked to my aunt, and my cousin lives in N GA. She says the skies are clear, and everything is okay as of a couple of hours ago. Thanks for the updates. Like I said, I don't know hurricanes, so it didn't occur to me that it could hit Georgia.

[Michael Goldsberry]

"Grand Isle is nearly completely destroyed."

That's what I recall from Shep this afternoon... massive flooding down there.

No recent news.