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

[Mo1]

Thanks for the info, Dog

FNC must have old video because it didn't look like they did that

[mware]

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.

Darn it I am going to be worrying about that married couple that said they are going to ride out the storm in their 4th floor hotel room, all night.

[doc30]

Flood waters must be considered toxic waste because of those reasons. Also think about all the houshold and yard chemicals that will get in the mix, plus the submerged sharp debris. Never, ever go out in flood water, even if there is no current, for this reason.

[metmom]

The amount of energy in these storms is so great the a nuclear device wouldn't have any effect on it. All that would happen is that the radiation would be spread around very well.

[hipaatwo]

Roll the top back.


Sorry. Didn't think of that. I'm used to Lincoln Financial Field and Veteran's Stadium.

[pax_et_bonum]

I'm always willing to help!

:-)

[janetjanet998]

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/la/allwarnings.html
a few messages down
its real

[tall_tex]

save for later

[mhking]

This thing is just getting bigger and bigger.

Yeah.

[Tall_Texan]

Shep Smith driving INTO New Orleans?

How? Aren't all major roads one way out of town at this time?

[Amityschild]

Is the Lake Pontchatrain Bridge the same as the Causeway Bridge? I'm looking at a cam view of the latter.

Causeway Cam

[Normal4me]

Is Anderson Cooper going too? Bet he sees more than a Ramada Inn sign fly by this time!

[TXBSAFH]

Please add me to this ping list. Thanks

[dawn53]

Can somebody give me a link to that NWS statement. I looked for it on the NWS website, but couldn't find it...at least not in those precise words.

[El Gran Salseron]

Well, I wouldn't say that New Orleans is the most sinful city but certainly the Quarter. :-)

[Uncle Ike]

"Yes, this could have a huge impact on our already strained fuel prices. They think supertankers will be unable to dock and reach refineries for weeks, if not months on end. Many oil platforms in the Gulf will be capsized and several lost.

If this was happening during the week, the DOW would be tanking big time. Should the devastation reach the hysterical proportions we hear from the press right now, Monday will be a black day for trading. (Not that it is more important than those that lose their lives or homes."

I'm beginning to wonder if we may be heading for a period where gas/fuel is not going to be available at ANY price -- maybe even with food shortages because of transportation difficulties.

This may be a true nationwide disaster.

[bwteim]

I noticed that, too.

Here are recent observations near Katrina.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=26.0N&lon1=88.1W&dist=250&time=3

Gusts over 50 knots, waves over 20 feet.

[Howlin]

It is NOT a fake; there's not a word in there that hasn't been discussed on these threads for the last week.

[76834]

I am thinking about the Norco plant.
Huge, major refinery a bit north of NOLA.
If that one goes down for even a little bit it would be catastrophic,

[Crawdad]

The Superdome doesn't have a retractable roof...today.