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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 |
whoa.
Go millibars! Up--that is.
check this one out....Infared Colorized....
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/IR4/20.jpg
Shep asking questions ... sounds worried to me.
Shep Smith on FNC reporting from Bourbon St.
Might have to watch just to see if he buys it...
I saw that too. They are just babes in the woods. They apparently have no idea as to the power of a tropical hurricane.
Shep isn't crying...............yet.
Does that mean he "cares" less?
"People always say--well--all we can do is pray. What in the WORLD is more powerful than God--and right now we need ALL the prayer warriors on FreeRepublic praying that our Lord send His mightiest angels to do battle with this storm. Prayer is not a last resort--it is a first resort--and with this storm--the only resort! Prayer cover up!!"
AMEN.
Prayers being sent from all over the world for this, including from your less-than-frozen northern neighbour.
I am not putting the pic up to save bandwidth.
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to hear a calm, steady voice on this thread. :>)
MSNBC said the Superdome can hold 100,000 if you put people on the playing field. Of course, if it's SRO, it could be even higher.
Too bad they can't get a live band in there. Maybe they could play "Nearer My God To Thee"...
that's what I am saying....
I hope everyone is ready. I don't think even Andrew can hold a candle to what this thing is gonna do.
Prayers being sent for all the people, animals, and even the beautiful buildings and city that are in the path of this devastating storm. I was only there once and I loved it. Praying for a MIRACLE.
Thanks for the ping. Ascension getting some thunderstorms
http://www.weatherunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?num=6&delay=15&scale=1.00&noclutter=1&ID=LIX&type=N0R&lat=30.40861511&lon=-91.08337402&label=Baton+Rouge,+LA&showstorms=0
N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin due on their set in a few moments.
I'm not overly impressed with him, but I'm just hoping and praying that things work themselves out OK.
:^)
He's honestly tried to sound the alert on Bourbon Street. Idiots won't listen to him..
sw
Done!
""Why are people going into a single structure is beyond me. ""
"Maybe they had no where else to go."
The
French Quarter has been there a long long time - I wouldn't argue with that kind of track record.
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