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NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE KATRINA
www.noaa.gov ^ | 3 July 2006 | NOAA

Posted on 07/06/2006 7:08:05 AM PDT by MikefromOhio

NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE KATRINA

Evaluation Highlights Agency Successes & Recommends Improvements

NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Katrina taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Aug. 29, 2006, after making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast.July 3, 2006 — The NOAA National Weather Service released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Katrina. Service assessments are done routinely following major weather events and include input from government agencies, emergency managers, media and the public. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Katrina taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Aug. 29, 2006, after making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Click here for high resolution version. Please credit “NOAA.)

The NOAA National Hurricane Center consistently projected for more than two days in advance that Katrina would strike southeast Louisiana as a "major" hurricane and later issued hurricane watches and warnings with lead times of 44 and 32 hours, respectively—an extra eight hours beyond when such alerts are typically issued.








The accurate forecasts provided for extended warning times," said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of the NOAA National Weather Service. "Our ability to identify where a major hurricane would hit the Gulf Coast was among the actions that saved countless lives." (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Katrina showing the NOAA National Weather Service five-day forecast (dark blue) issued Friday, August 26, 2005, and the storm’s actual track (light blue). The satellite image was taken at 11:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 28, 2005. Click here for high resolution version. Please credit “NOAA.)

Katrina first crossed the U.S. coast as a Category 1 hurricane near the border of Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida on August 25. Katrina was a Category 3 hurricane with top winds of 125 mph during its second landfall in Buras, La., on August 29, and soon thereafter made its final landfall near the border of Louisiana and Mississippi.

Service assessments are a valuable contribution to the ongoing efforts to improve the timeliness and effectiveness of NOAA National Weather Service products and services. "The Hurricane Katrina assessment highlights the best practices while recommending improvements that will allow the National Weather Service to better serve the American public in effort to protect life and property," added Johnson.

Thirteen "best practices" were identified in the Katrina assessment, among them:

Recommendations also were cited in the assessment and are currently being addressed by the NOAA National Weather Service. They include:

The full NOAA Hurricane Katrina Assessment may be found online.

NOAA National Weather Service office in Slidell, La., which serves New Orleans, issued a statement that explicitly described the impending catastrophic damage expected from Katrina. Here is the original statement issued the day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. This is known as an “inland hurricane warning.”
WWUS74 KLIX 281550
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: hurricances; katrina; neworleans; noaa
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Something smells in New Orleans.....
1 posted on 07/06/2006 7:08:08 AM PDT by MikefromOhio
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To: NautiNurse

ping

Some interesting info....


2 posted on 07/06/2006 7:08:49 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Foreman of the NAU)
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To: MikefromOhio
contacting the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi, the mayor of New Orleans and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency to emphasize the severity of Katrina.

Why is it we are not hearing constant complaints and demands for more of my money from Mississippi and Alabama?

3 posted on 07/06/2006 7:24:52 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: MikefromOhio
Thirteen "best practices" were identified in the Katrina assessment, among them:

The long arm of the European Union reaches NOAA
4 posted on 07/06/2006 7:29:07 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: hedgetrimmer; aberaussie; Alas Babylon!; Alia; Alice in Wonderland; alnick; Amelia; asp1; ...

On/Off Hurricane Ping list, mash ---> .
5 posted on 07/06/2006 7:35:53 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Thanks for the mash button;)

It is sobering to re-read the 2005 forecast below.

"THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED."


6 posted on 07/06/2006 7:42:22 AM PDT by bwteim (bwteim Begin With The End In Mind......Oct 5, 2001 ....... July 4, 2006)
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To: hedgetrimmer

What do you mean by that? This term has a particular meaning in government talk about approaches to doing the right thing to the best standard you have.

What does the EU have to do with it? They've been doing this a long time.


7 posted on 07/06/2006 7:44:30 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: All
Much of the human suffering in New Orleans was not the result of a hurricane, but a levee breach. The breach occurred after the hurricane had already passed.
8 posted on 07/06/2006 7:47:30 AM PDT by texan75010
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To: hedgetrimmer
The long arm of the European Union reaches NOAA

Would you get a life? Is that ALL you think about? Damn......
9 posted on 07/06/2006 7:48:20 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Foreman of the NAU)
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To: texan75010

Certainly, but look at who was notified of the storm's impending danger and did nothing about it.

And it's only a slight tick to the left and this storm would have destroyed New Orleans with or without the levee breach....


10 posted on 07/06/2006 7:49:17 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Foreman of the NAU)
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To: MikefromOhio

Anything that affects the sovereignty and independence of America is of concern to me. Freedom IS life. Preserving it is the primary duty of the American citizen.


11 posted on 07/06/2006 8:16:16 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: hedgetrimmer

The term "Best Practices" has nothing to do with EU. It's a corporate term used to describe a series of procedures that have worked in the past and is expected to work in the future.


12 posted on 07/06/2006 8:22:23 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Liberals are not bright people - RL)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
It originated in the UN as a way to force 'sustainable development' into every area of life through the UN's vision of social control called 'civil governance'. The EU has been promulgating it ever since.

UN-Habitat, which also gave us the 'smart growth' travesty our government is forcing on New Orleans property owners brought the term 'best practices' into the internationalist lexicon.

The Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme (BLP) was established in 1997 in response to the call of the Habitat Agenda to make use of information and networking in support of its implementation. It is a global network of government agencies, local authorities and their associations, professional and academic institutions and grassroots organisations dedicated to the identification and exchange of successful solutions for sustainable development.

No freedom loving American supports 'sustainable development' or the internationalists pushing it. FYI so you know where these unAmerican ideas are coming from. The globalists have so thoroughly infected our government and our press, hardly anyone questions anymore the crap they are pedaling. The corporatist reinterpretation of government will continue unless we Americans put a stop to it.
13 posted on 07/06/2006 8:24:11 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: hedgetrimmer

They have been using this term since at least the 1970s in the government. I've handled the old documents that talk about it. And they weren't the first.


14 posted on 07/06/2006 8:25:34 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
It's a corporate term used to describe a series of procedures that have worked in the past and is expected to work in the future.

Corporatist fascism is the root of the UN's 'civil governance' program, the one that is named in all our "free trade" agreements.
15 posted on 07/06/2006 8:25:52 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Show us.


16 posted on 07/06/2006 8:26:26 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Best Practices are initiatives which have made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of life in cities and communities around the world. The original call for Best Practices was launched in 1995 during preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) as a means of identifying what works in improving living conditions on a sustainable basis. For the 1996 Awards, over 700 Best Practices from 90 countries were submitted to Habitat. An independent international Technical Advisory Committee identified 105 submissions as Best Practices and six of these were selected by a jury to receive the 1996 Dubai International Award during Habitat II conference (June 1996). In 1998, the Dubai International Award attracted 470 submissions from over 80 countries. 124 submissions were selected as Best Practices and 10 initiatives were chosen to receive the Dubai International Award at a special award ceremony on World Habitat Day, 5 October 1998. In 2000 over 700 submissions from 100 countries were received with 112 being classified as Best Practices, 10 of who were selected as award winners. In 2002, 550+ submissions and updates from more than 90 countries were received with 126 being classified as best practices.

Why should US government officials do things the UN way, when the system created by our Founders is the BEST way?

17 posted on 07/06/2006 8:33:14 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: hedgetrimmer

Here's one from Texas:

In 1989, the Texas Forest Service established the BMP program to focus on minimizing any threats to water quality from forestry activities. The program educates landowners, loggers and foresters about the threats to water quality and provides technical assistance on how to minimize those threats through the use of non-regulatory forestry BMPs.BMP Bluebook

The BMP program also monitors BMP implementation throughout the state. Every three years, the BMP program publishes a report, Voluntary Implementation of Forestry Best Management Practices in East Texas, which describes the level at which BMPs are being implemented. The TFS is also currently conducting a study designed to measure the overall effectiveness of BMPs in Texas.

http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/sustainable/article.aspx?id=71

Forest Service PDF document from 1996
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/ro/policy-reports/bmp/index.shtml

There's more. This was just the first.


18 posted on 07/06/2006 8:33:32 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: hedgetrimmer

I'd be interested in knowing more about that. A reference please.


19 posted on 07/06/2006 8:35:01 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Liberals are not bright people - RL)
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To: hedgetrimmer
The long arm of the European Union reaches NOAA

"TinfoilOn, apply directly to the forehead. TinfoilOn, apply directly to the forehead. TinfoilOn, apply directly to the forehead. TinfoilOn!"


20 posted on 07/06/2006 8:36:07 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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