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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by 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
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 |
Last time I was on Catalina Island (1983)they were battery powered.
I can't really - been watching Fox all day - but now Bill Hemmer is on & I'm not a fan of his
http://64.233.187.104/custom?q=cache:IzLg6XyU4O0J:txconstruction.com
/features/archive/0309_TCspecial1.asp+superdome+%22hunt+
construction%22+roof+design&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
McLain, who participated in construction of the Louisiana Superdome in the mid-1970s for Hunt Construction, said the supertrusses and design of the roof system are unique. "It's a much more lightweight structure for a roof system than you would typically see on an arena like this," he added. "In many ways, this structure resembles the Superdome and, even before that, the Astrodome.
"And even though the roof structures for those facilities are obviously much larger than this arena - I can still remember the area of the Superdome roof covers nine acres - the similarities are there. The major difference here is the weight. With Walter P. Moore's design, those steel supercolumns and supertrusses allow for a much more lightweight roof, which translates into many things, including reduced construction costs."
"I thought it was , pumped a lot of "PAIN.
ie;drugs"
It does sound exactly like pain or pane, doesn't it? I'm not sure how pain stands for drugs. Now 'cain could be for cocaine, but 'cain doesn't sound quite right either. There HAS to be some official lyrics online somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them yet... lol
I'm not in a position to assess Shep's preferences. :)
CNN showing a long line of cars on the interstate moving slowly away from NO. Right now Katrina is moving faster than the vehicles are.
Wow. Hellstorm.
Something he said was very telling, "Just because a structure is large and heavy does not make it safe-sometimes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Nature is stronger than the ideas and buildings of men".
mmmm... sweet and salty together... brings back fond childhood memories of popcorn and chocolate in movie theaters. :)
Scary!
Looks like a black hole.
We used to call it the 'Upside-down Adventure'
Sorry about your Business man and a seaplane to boot thats one of the greatest thrills to land and take off from the water I love it
The FOX weather girl, Janice Dean..looks/sounds like she's having an on/air depression. It's affecting her...
Is that what happened in the movie? I saw about 15 minutes of it and didn't finish. I wanted to, but didn't have the space. I only remembered storms disrupting supplies + terror attacks.
When did Bill make his way onto Foxnews?
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
Don't it make you feel bad When you're tryin' to find your way home, You don't know which way to go? If you're goin' down South They got no work to do, If you don't know about Chicago.
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
All last night sat on the levee and moaned, All last night sat on the levee and moaned, Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home. Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you... Going down... going down now... going down....
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