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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 |
yes, I remember it well, I was living on Cape Cod at the time.
Thanks for your reassuring engineering common sense about the dome. The amateurs are stirring up too much doom around here.
What was that movie with Paul Neuman?
LMAO!!!
Doogle
I think I would have left before that. I was in Hurricane Gloria in 1985. Had no power for a week. That was a category one. I respect the power of a hurricane.
Gotta love that.... what a carnival.
LOL! I almost spit!
What bothered me in reading the description of the construction was each part was dependent on the others to remain stable. THAT bothers the living daylights out of me.
I mean these poor, poor, bastards leaving their homes which are below sea level to go to the only structure that they are praying will weather the hurricane.
This is his first broadcast
Thanks, but I could have gone without the picture of Shelly in my head tonight! LOL
What in the world is Brian Williams doing in the Superdome? Does he have a death wish or something...
I just called FOX NEWS and got some guy with a Spanish accent. When I told him that they need to get Shep out of NO, he said "What do you want me to do?" LOL
I think I got the night cleaning crew!! He had NO IDEA WHO SHEP WAS!!!
I thought the NW always had higher than normal prices, but I just paid $2.53 in Salem, OR
Tell your husband "Thanks!" for looking at the info.
I have to be gone a few hours. Someone please try to remember to ping me if some engineers make some comments!
Wouldn't you know Chris Matthews would call James Lee Witt, Clinton's FEMA director? But Witt gets cut off real short when he says FEMA had models in effect for New Orleans Cat 4 hurricane way back when he was in office. I guess Matthews wanted Witt to badmouth the current FEMA.
According to this link it is 'pain"
http://www.creedence-online.net/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=4&topic=196
"I thought the woest case was for the eye to pass West of the city center, driving the sea surge into the big lake and pushing lake water Northwest, which would then drain Southeast into the city center, and pushing water due South, overcoming the lakeside levees."
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Nope. Since the lake is on the back (northern) side of NO, an eye to the east would push water into the lake with northerly (returning to the gulf) winds and over the lake levee. Usually you want the eye to the east, but NO is between a rock and a hard place. Either side is trouble.
I'll choose Amtrak - the odds of it being where I am at the same time are nil. :)
I agree, but am thinking it is too late for him to change his mind at this point.
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