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

[sfimom]

WOAH!h!! My apologies! I had tha ammount wrong.

Correction:


Any household bleach solution, such as Clorox, that contains sodium hypochlorite as its only active ingredient may be used as a source of chlorine for disinfecting. The amount of sodium hypochlorite, usually 5.25%, is printed on the label. (In recent years, perhaps as a precaution against drinking undiluted chlorine bleach solution, some household bleach containers show a warning such as "Not For Personal Use." This warning can be safely disregarded if the label states that the bleach contains only sodium hypochlorite as its active ingredient, and if only the small quantities specified in these and other instructions are used to disinfect water.) Add 1 scant teaspoonful to each 10 gallons of clear water, and stir. Add 2 scant teaspoonfuls if the water is muddy or colored. Wait at least 30 minutes before drinking, to allow enough time for the chlorine to kill all the microorganisms.24 Properly disinfected water should have a slight chlorine odor.

To disinfect small quantities of water, put 2 drops of household bleach containing 5.25% sodium hypochlorite in each quart of clearwater. Use 4 drops if the water is muddy or colored.24 If a dropper is not available, use a spoon and a square-ended strip of paper or thin cloth about 1/4 inch wide by 2 inches long. Put the strip in the spoon with an end hanging down about 2 inch beyond the end of the spoon. Then when bleach is placed in the spoon and the spoon is carefully tipped, drops the size of those from a medicine dropper will drip off the end of the strip.

As a second choice, 2% tincture of iodine can be used. Add 5 drops to each quart of clear water, and let stand 30 minutes.24 If the water is cloudy, add 10 drops to each quart. Commercial water purification tablets should be used as directed.

If neither safe water nor chemicals for disinfecting it are available during a crisis, store plenty of the best water at hand even muddy river water. Most mud settles to the bottom in a few days; even in a crowded shelter ways often could be found to boil water. Bringing water to a boil for one minute kills all types of disease-causing bacteria.24 Boiling for 10 to 20 minutes is required to kill some rarer infective organisms.

[Types_with_Fist]

Thank you. We are starting to hear the worst of it now.

[Diddle E. Squat]

No, it is just that they can't get into PC and Waveland. Debris blocked and flooded out roads. Haley Barbor just said that there are lots of places down there that even emergency officials haven't been able to get into.

[Howlin]

Make sure you update it. I love that thing; when the hurricane is over, we're going to have a thread back in Chat and Spiff is going to teach us all how to use it!

[GovernmentShrinker]

In many areas, there is another organization besides the Red Cross that handles blood donations. Check and see if there is one in your area.

[Types_with_Fist]

Thanks. I'm glad he's alive too. It's been a while since I was in one of these monsters. You just feel dazed afterward. Let us know when you find out.

[nwctwx]

Yup. Very sad.

[hoosiermama]

Yes. I'm afraid you are correct. OTOH It's the ones we won't see that will be "seared" into the minds of our police/fire/rescue personal.

[Coldwater Creek]

I am lost! Was Jackson hit bad????

[cake_crumb]

"New warning for S. DeKalb County, moving north."

Had to step out for a few minutes....is it calming down AT ALL yet??

[nhoward14]

Amen on that one. I predict that by Friday we will be seeing side by side satellite photographs showing the before and after and they will not be pretty.

[Tall_Texan]

Dauphin Island wasn't much more than a sand bar when I visited back in the early 1980s. Any storm surge would cover it but then I'd have thought Ivan would have already done that. Katrina would just be finishing the job.

It was nice place to swim though.

[Dog]

Ping me please to that thread.

[BurbankKarl]

Hurricane Center asking if ham radio is the only communications available to Slidell....asking if officials have notified their family....

States all hams on Slidell are not on the air. Operators niece stuck on second floor of building, unable to get to her...

Roads are flooded, streets are blocked,

Lake Ponchatrain now extends to OLD SPANISH TRAIL

Cell towers down, repeaters are down, no cell service, no phone lines, no broadband.

[U S Army EOD]

Crap, I lived in that area for two years.

[Types_with_Fist]

Jesus!

[RDTF]

Thanks - I have a sister there - of course when I called her today she downplayed it all. She is a Democrat..LOL! She also thinks all will be fine since she has a SUV! She also let me know I shouldn't owrry because the sandbags are still in place since the last storm. Too much. But she'll make sure she's ok.

[mathluv]

I have just seen some pics on Fox. Molly Hennenberg is there. There are a lot of trees down, but I did not see much else.

[Coldwater Creek]

You have me mixed up with someone else. I am the one that started this conversation. I hate the Red Cross.

[groanup]

Wind and rain has subsided on the East side for now. The bands seem to be moving farther east but there may some more coming in. Hopefully they'll be less obstreperous.