Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V

NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[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

[mewzilla]

According to the caption. I asked Mr. Mew about it, and he said if it ain't broke, why fix it? :)

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for checking in. Prayers for you and your family's safety. Please check back in as soon as you can.

[El Gran Salseron]

Jefferson Parish = Western suburb of New Orleans.

[dawn53]

That's what I thought. Somebody had posted hearing 250, and I was pretty sure they must have not heard right and it was 215 instead.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Fox cut the President's comments on Iraq, too.

Apparently, Americans can't handle two news stories.

[PaulaB]

I swear, some people just search FR to find places to pontificate and damn the rest of us to hell, don't they?

I wonder if people take the risk of thousands of Americans dieing lightly... Lets pray for Gods mercy on these people instead of discussing wrath and damnation

IMO

[al baby]

And since a lot of the dead are buried above ground

Then they are not really buried then?

[small voice in the wilderness]

Good. We lived in Baton Rouge during the 1983 flood. It was devastating. And we weren't even near the Mississippi. Of course we had no flood insurance because we were on the 500-year floodplain. Prayers for you and your family.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Poster is gone too.

[Howlin]

I heard gusts to 215.

This thing is just getting bigger and bigger.

[JUMPIN JEHOSPOHAT]

My catch up Bookmark

[streetpreacher]

After the costs to insurance and taxpayers, who'd want to rebuild a city that was already a disaster waiting to happen?

[doc30]

whatever happens they are talk about 25% of oil supplies in trouble--beside people and property

Can you give more info? Do you mean that 25% of the U.S refinery capacity will likely be knocked out?

[GnuHere]

How many diving boards?

[TomGuy]

Live at the Super Dome. Crowd amassing.

[mewzilla]

Mr. Mew also said something about Archimedes screw, and that the principle isn't all that complicated, so I guess you don't really need anything all that fancy, just efficient and dependable.

[Dog]

We need to write the names down on freepers in harms way..

[hipaatwo]

Shep Smith driving INTO New Orleans?

[don-o]

detonating a low yield tactical nuk

Nope - would not make a dent.

[abb]

Well, no Geraldo in New Orleans. But Sheppard Smith is coming in now. Backup. LOL!!!