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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

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

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical
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To: steveegg

WWL News just said they will stay on until 12:00 tonight.


1,801 posted on 08/28/2005 6:05:48 PM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: CFC__VRWC

I'll second that!


1,802 posted on 08/28/2005 6:05:50 PM PDT by Hotdog
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To: Beelzebubba
Not an engineer, evidently.

Indeed. My (mandatory) civil engineering courses were taught by a professional forensic engineer. His assertion was that every single catastrophic structural failure was the result of a fundamental design flaw due to some engineer screwing up big time, and he had dozens of examples. In fact, they were actually brilliant teaching examples on many levels -- he'd present a real case and ask us to identify the design flaw. Most structures, if designed correctly, are significantly over-engineered.

I guess will find out which is which for the Superdome.

1,803 posted on 08/28/2005 6:05:54 PM PDT by tortoise (All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
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To: Founding Father
Houma is a ghost town

I'm online with friends in Houma right now who were too stubborn to leave. They really don't think this is a big deal at all. It's too late for them to get out now. I had hoped they would listen to reason.

1,804 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:03 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Thanks! Completely missed that!


1,805 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:25 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: justche
I thought the NW always had higher than normal prices, but I just paid $2.53 in Salem, OR

Shout out for Salem. There's a station right by where I live that was still at $2.42 this afternoon. I could tell you where it is but I would have to kill you. I don't want the lines to get any longer. :)

1,806 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:26 PM PDT by thecabal
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To: Txsleuth

Brokaw's thinking "Thank Jebus I retired - they could've put ME down there!"


1,807 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:28 PM PDT by solitas (So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
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To: Txsleuth

Gretchen was raised in Minnesota, (also Lauren Green).


1,808 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:36 PM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: HairOfTheDog

GERALDO’s opening got me running to the store for canned goods.

And I live in NJ!


1,809 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:36 PM PDT by FMBass (“Now that I’m sober I watch a lot of news” – Garofalo: From “Treason” by Coulter)
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To: maggief

I was watching that NBC affiliate channel 6 online, and they just signed off. They said they were going to have MSNBC on, but now they aren't available online at all.

Is there other streaming live news coverage I can watch? Wish I had cable!!


1,810 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:38 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Founding Father

The eye of Katrina took a jog to the north, then back to NW. If the eye passes W of New Orleans, worst possible news. Right now the eye is moving as though it will pass directly over the city.


1,811 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:38 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: gopwinsin04

lol.


Doogle


1,812 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:39 PM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: TomGuy

The eye is as big as Lake Ponchartrain. Gasp.


1,813 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:50 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: SamAdams76

Whorealdo scared the bejeezus out of me...Im in Illinois and gonna board up my house!


1,814 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:58 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Home of the free, because of the Brave.....do you understand that Cindy?)
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To: Ellesu

they are searching people in an emergency??? What's going on? The large Taliban population show up??


1,815 posted on 08/28/2005 6:06:59 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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To: the Deejay

"I was shocked seeing Brian Williams!"

I'm shocked too to read this. He's an anchor person I believe. They could have sent a low-level reporter rather than their best man.

He's a great reporter, btw.


1,816 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:10 PM PDT by mjtobias
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To: GRRRRR

WWL is the TV station I am listening to. It is going off the air in a few moments.


1,817 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:14 PM PDT by Torie
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To: cincinnati65

The Superdome does hold 70,000......sitting in seats to watch a game.

Sleeping and feeding arrangements for long-term refugees will considerably reduce the capacity.



Never been on an overnight flight?

Stop the crisis-mongering.


1,818 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:28 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: spanalot
"You also DO NOT open doors or windows in a tornado and or hurricane. You will compromise the entire structure."

Won't the drop in pressure do that- I have seen warnings to open windows in approaching tornedoes.

Actually, an approaching low pressure area will, to a degree, suck atmospheric gases (your air) from your shelter into itself. But before you suffocate from lack or air, the force and turbulence of the winds striking your shelter will likely rip it apart. Thus, you stand a far greater chance of being killed by flying debris.

1,819 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:36 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Beware the Socialist-Islamist alignment.)
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To: Miss Marple

Geraldo is EMO!? Wait'll I tell my daughter. Her friends will love him. ;)


1,820 posted on 08/28/2005 6:07:42 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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