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Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V
NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans is finally underway. Louisiana officials are warning of complete failure to levy systems, and pleading with people to leave low lying areas. For those who choose to stay, they are recommending picks and axes for breaking through to access their roofs during flooding.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be rushing hurricane preparations to completion.

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
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi

Buoy Data Florida

Images:


New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop

Northwest Florida Long Range Radar

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:


Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics

Live streaming:
copy/paste into player:


http://www.wjbo.com - BR radio station. Callers calling in and describing traffic etc.
WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
WKRG-TV/DT Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

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

Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: toomanygrasshoppers

he better get a few Daquiris to go, he'll need them when he's looking around the superdome for a functioning bathroom with 100,000 other people.


1,481 posted on 08/28/2005 12:39:24 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: spycatcher

I certainly laughed when I read that. :-)


1,482 posted on 08/28/2005 12:39:37 PM PDT by Howlin (She's here!)
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To: hole_n_one

We're going to have hundreds dead there.


1,483 posted on 08/28/2005 12:39:43 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over TWO YEARS now)
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To: Fudd Fan

Moose can sit on him.


LOL


1,484 posted on 08/28/2005 12:39:51 PM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: Torie

Bastardi on FNC needs a tranq. His advice is great, but he needs to take some deep breaths.


1,485 posted on 08/28/2005 12:39:51 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (It's wabbit season!)
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To: Altamira

The light. No place has light quite like New Orleans.

Memories. The Rault Center fire. They brought the bodies of the jumpers down through my mom's office building. The World's fair, and a wonderful day in City park having a crawfish boil while watching the fireworks for the fair in the distance. The Zephyr. Standing on Canal Street on Mardi Gras Day wearing a boy clown costume, my mom dressed likewise, my dad and brother dressed like girl clowns - long before such a thing would be a political statement. It was just fun.

Walking through Jackson square before they outlawed glass bottles and closed the park during Mardi gras, and stepping through ankle deep wine and beer bottles.

The taste of fresh shrimp. Reading Confederacy of Dunces and the Movie Goer and knowing all the places. Missing DH Holmes on Canal Street. The Pitt theater, and the first time I saw It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with my dad, and the first time I saw Plan Nine from Outer Space with my college friends. The Popcorn tasted the same...both times.

Sigh.


1,486 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:01 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: daviddennis
You're braver than me.

I'll admit it: I 'm a weenie who wouldn't live with earthquakes and who runs from hurricanes.

:-)

1,487 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:13 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: Howlin
Like I said before, "Oh <string of expletives deleted>!"
1,488 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:13 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Conservababe

Thanks... that's what I thought!


1,489 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:24 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Txsleuth

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472260/posts

Prayer thread here.
I have a rosary cd on, to keep my easily distracted mind on track. So many people need our prayers now.


1,490 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:24 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: SunnySide

That is exactly who the majority of them are. This may turn out to be a very tragic story. I think a lot of people went there without thinking this hurricane would keep going thru FLA and get there. The airlines backed out EARLY and they have no way out. No rental cars available either.


1,491 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:25 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: daviddennis
I'll take earthquakes any day.

I'm with you.

1,492 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:25 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Conservababe

Thanks... that's what I thought!


1,493 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:46 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Fudd Fan

'Roid rage....


1,494 posted on 08/28/2005 12:40:54 PM PDT by abb (Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
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To: All

That Joe Bastardi from Accu weather on Fox just put into the strongest terms why this storm is different from any other. He's really sure that it's going to cause massive damage.


1,495 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:16 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Howlin
Google Earth is amazing, and Spiff's extra overlay is just more amazing - Of course, my kids have been talking about GE for years :)
1,496 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:36 PM PDT by MrNatural ("...You want the truth!?...")
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To: Tarpon

So people should be going in the general direction of Alexandria?


1,497 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:44 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: oceanview

functioning bathroom

When you're a man, the whole world is a urinal.


1,498 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:49 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Northern Yankee

Ahem, maybe they wonder why you refer to them as Counties when they know they are Parishes :^)


1,499 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:54 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: DouglasKC

Shep is talking about the fact that people don't believe the media on storms anymore because it's all hype.


1,500 posted on 08/28/2005 12:41:59 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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