Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI

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

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.

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:

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

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

[U S Army EOD]

But if you are trapped and can't leave, what is the difference if you know it is coming or not?

[LenS]

"The Kennedy assassination when the news anchors said The President was dead-they all were in tears."

The sad thing is if President Bush was killed, most of the anchors at ABC/CNN/MSNBC/CBS/PBS/NBC/HNN/BBC would be busy saying how he brought it on himself -- and they'd be trying hard not to smile on camera.

[jmq]

I guess nobody thought about installing emergency generators in a place like that....?

[Churchillspirit]

Thanks for correcting me. Your memory is obviously better than mine.

That whole thing was a fiasco. I hope lessons were learned.

Have you read Chief by Daryl Gates? A good insight into the situation that existed in the LAPD at the time.

[oceanview]

steve lyons on TWC channel, its crossed 89.9 longitude (NO is at 90).

[Arizona Carolyn]

Geraldo's wife just had a baby... he's sticking close to home these days... actually, I dont' want to see anyone hurt from this thing, but I think it's going to be historically bad.

[solitas]

Ya know poor Greta has her 400 page Natlee Holloway story already printed too! :-(

No worries - it'll ALL be the same news tomorrow, or Tuesday, or Wednesday, or...

[don-o]

This just feels way wrong.

Steve, it felt way wrong all day when I logged on and saw that Katrina had blow up big in the middle of the night; and the authorities fiddle farted around half a day.

Freepers last Thursday were advocating evacuation of NO. That prolly was not doable. But, when she exploded in the middle of the night, that was the time to pull the trigger.

[mystery-ak]

I bet the food is MRE's....yummy..

[onyx]

JMJ! He's already lost power?

[Arizona Carolyn]

We filled up first thing this morning.

[Monti Cello]

The magnitude of this is immense. On current position and track, a category five hurricane is hitting New Orleans. Repeating for emphasis... A category five hurricane is hitting New Orleans. America appears to be on the verge of what could be the worst natural catastrophe in our history.

Are you kidding me? Have you heard how Schiavo is doing?

[homemom]

***anybody find out what happened to those fools on the rocks who were watching the waves?***

Haven't heard but if they get what they deserve . . .

when their bodies wash up the lawyers will be waiting to help their families file lawsuits against the city, the state, the government, the ocean. . .

[battlegearboat]

...thanks for sharing that with us.

You did share, didn't you?

[Skip1]

I did not say that.

[WestCoastGal]

"Ever hear a really big jet pass very close overhead? Its like that, only it never diminishes until its gone. "

And the house shakes like an ongoing earthquake. I lived in Miami Beach as a young girl and went through one of these, not fun at all.

[don-o]

I cannot remeber a live thread going this deep into the toilet. Get a grip. PLEASE.

[bill1952]

I agree totally.

If this ever turns out to be as big as they make it out to be, and I don't believe that it will be, then the roof of the Superdome will be in Miami.

Here, lets crowd everyone into one confined space...

[U S Army EOD]

That is because they are tankers and not cargo ships.

[Willie Green]

Willie, I thought you were in Pittsburgh. When did you move to the part of the country where people talk right?

I'm not sure where you're talking about.
I was forced to leave the Land of the Yinzers back in '82, and have been an economic nomad ever since. I've lived in NC, Md, Ky, Mi, Nv and now Tx. As far as I'm concerned, everybody ELSE talks funny no matter where I go.