The effect of a still photo is not as informative as being able to tilt, pan, zoom in and zoom out at will.
A pretty neat little program.........
Google Earth rocks.
Then, click on this link to install the National High Resolution (1km) Radar Refectivity Mosaic from NSSl/U of Oklahoma. This is updated every 2 minutes and is overlayed onto the United States portion of Google Earth. It is truly awesome. You can zoom in and see exactly what is in the eye of the storm down to the building. (No, the satellite and aerial photos are not updated in real time). Try it!
For updated Tropical Data and NHC Storm Forecast Models click here and install this Dynamic Data Layer into Google Earth. It includes forecast plots as well as the latest satellite imagery and diagrams and such from various sources. These are all automatically overlayed on Google Earth and each layer can be switch on and off or combined with other layers.
Then, in your Layers pane in Google Earth open up User-Supplied Collections and check the box next to Webcams. Zoom in on a particular populated area and all of the known outdoor webcams pop up in your view. You can click on any of them then click on the link in the caption and you will be watching a live webcam of that area. Remember, during a major storm with power outages many of these cams and their connecting ISPs will be down. However, when Katrina passed over Florida, I was able to look at live webcams showing palm trees whipping in the wind, large waves, driving rain, etc. Some cams even let you control them so you can view what you want. While it was true that Florida had dozens of webcams, I see very few in New Orleans and surrounding areas.