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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 |
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"Bumb" was one I hadn't heard before. Thought I was just ignorant!
You've got a point there. Been awhile since I've seen someone picking at invisible spiders in the air.
Geez. It will take decades for NO to recover.
LOL. I'd like to see one of the on-scene reporters tell Geraldo that "the streets are emptier than Al Capone's vault", just to see Geraldo's face.
So we should expect this hurricane to head straight for Vegas next then?
Please.
I wondered the same thing. Or city buses...school buses?
I know, I know. Maddening, isn't it?
Right here....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472449/posts
The station staff has bailed out of New Orleans, and is headed for temp facilities in Jackson, MS; their sister station in Orlando (WESH-TV) is running the show until they can set up shop in Jackson (however long that takes).
The updated feed is at: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx. I'm guessing that the signal may go back to the other one once they get up and running Jackson, but as you know, nothing is definite in this kind of situation.
I too will pray you are wrong! This has a bunch of people trapped in a very dire situation...
Some people have no scruples when it comes to making money?
First you would have to stage the aircraft and move the people to the airfield. It would have been faster to move them out on trains to include freight trains.
That's not true if NO gets the storm surge....NO may not get the storm surge...just depends on where Katrina hits.
Not the whole metro area, but a big portion; but that would require a perfect shot and you'd still have massive flooding.
I asked my husband about this, he said NO!!!! He said what he is hearing is the instrumentation on the platforms are being torn off. If it is being torn of the platforms it may very well be torn off the buoys. Not sure how they are held intact... some are internal. Waves have been recorded 18 to upwards to 32 feet!
That is the best piece of advice I have heard yet!
The eye is reported to be about 35 miles wide........
Geraldo used that one soon as he went to air.....
Chrissy must have been listening.
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