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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
Sorry I meant if it had hit New Orleans as a Cat 4 or Cat 5. I don't believe it was that strong when it hit the city.
It is supposed to hit Memphis sometime tonight and then on east.
I understand that, I also knew when I gave to the Red Cross then that what I was giving wasnt just for 9/11. It was a fundemental breakdown of communication on the part of the RC and they have paid dearly for it, but over the decades they have helped far more than they have ever hurt.
Uh huh. Just be quiet, please?
That would just be TOO funny. Failure to make obviously needed disclosures is just so Red Cross.
I also give to Catholic Charities.
Glad you're safe and hope any other trips to the basement turn out just as well.
Signing off for tonight. Take care.
You better ask for a room on the other side.
It's been gray here all day and the wind chimes are really ringing...My outside dog who always comes in when it storms knocked on the door several hours ago....We're about half way between Louisville and Indy....
Actually about 40 miles NE of Memphis.
Amazing footage from the WDSU link - Coast Guard rescuing people from rooftops!
Sorry you are stuck there! It isn't a bad city, but when I first got there I cried (of course I was 7 months pregnant) and wanted to turn around and go back home (WA state.) I have fond memories of living there, but wouldn't want to live there, again.
Take care in the storm. When we were there in 94, a horrible tornado hit Germantown.
Thats what I am saying, it was a Cat 4 when it hit NO
Your post was addressed to someone else, right?
Thanks for that info Velveeta.
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I don't doubt that many local RC chapters, and many individual RC volunteers are doing excellent and much needed work. But the American Red Cross as a whole just has too extensive a history of financial mismanagement and inappropriate treatment of disaster and war victims, to be on my donation list.
What kind of weather are they saying you are going to get??????
So far quiet here just getting a much needed slow soaking rain.
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