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

[Types_with_Fist]

Please drop us a note as to how they made out if you can.

Yes. I will. I'm online with them now but, I'm sure, they will lose power fairly soon.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>NO mayor just told Larry King that the Superdome will "probably" be safe - it's a damn good thing there are not TVs there

Thing is - they don't really know.

In the end, it could be good for 1 thing: all those folks in 1 place, and identified - so they don't have to go out combing debris in search of corpses.

[mjtobias]

"And it was the president, I firmly believe, who finally convinced that idiot Mayor to issue a mandatory evacuation."

W/o even knowing his name or seeing his face, I know this major must be a complete moron when I heard him on the radio tonight.

[HighWheeler]

"A hurricane...is an efficent way to disperse heat through the planet and then out into space".

So more hurricanes means the planet is warming up?

-- -- -- -- --

Not necessarily. But it doesn mean that the average energy, or heat, flow to the oceans (from Sol) is increasing. How it is accumulating is the debate on global warming. A hurricane is an incredibly efficient cooling engine for the oceans. In fact, the ocean's surface water behind a good hurricane like this one can be 5 to 10 degrees F cooler after it passes by.

[berkeleybeej]

Oh MANNNN - Arghh - brain freeze:


We fired our cannon til the barrel melted down
so we grabbed an alligator and powdered its behind.
--
And we when set ----off the gator lost his mind....,

[LenS]

Contamination in floods is always a a problem -- but in a big bowl like NO where much of the water would have to be pumped out over time -- I shudder.

[onyx]

Someday, we'll have to have a conversation about Sullivan's Hallow. I was "shocked" to see your posts about it...lol.

[WestCoastGal]

They had women with their hands over their heads being frisked like criminals. No wonder it's taking hours and hours to get in.

[LdSentinal]

One NO TV station going off the air is not a sign of impending doom.

Now if WWL is signing off right now, I would worry.

[spectre]

Yes, Geraldo said "the big Hard". Trust me with this one.

sw

[berkeleybeej]

Thank you!!!

[bannie]

the powder off

[mabelkitty]

No. Sorrento halfway between NO and BR.
You can check out this thread for a map of all FReepers and where they are.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1472358/posts?q=1&&page=201

[gopwinsin04]

I'm staying positive, I the engineers must have designed the Dome to hold at 200MPH, but I don't think they ever envisioned a direct Category 5 strike with 190MPH gusts.

Any engineers want to take on the cumulative reaction on the structure if it is a slow moving storm?

[dfwgator]

Ask Dennis Kucinch. The Cuyahoga burned for a long time.

"Burn on, big river, burn on." - Makes me want to watch "Major League" again.

[homemom]

I agree--I LOVE Geraldo's cheesiness!

[bonfire]

Oh good grief. You have a sick mind.

[maggief]

Geraldo said "The big EASY" should be called "the big HARD"...That was just plain dumb.

Can't touch that one. LOL

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[mabelkitty]

This causeway?

http://images.ibsys.com/no/images/weather/auto/causewaycam_640x480.jpg