Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

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[BurbankKarl]

Coast Guard Auxiliary gears up for action

As Hurricane Katrina bears down on New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is gearing up to assist the Coast Guard in responding the aftermath of what is being called the "Fourth Strongest Atlantic Hurricane" on record.

William Crouch, Vice Commodore of the Auxiliary Eighth District Central Region stated this afternoon that "units from outlying areas are preparing to depart for the disaster area as soon as the situation becomes clear."

Only three prior Category 5 Hurricanes have been this powerful, the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, 1969's Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew.

Units from as far away as Arkansas, Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Missouri and Mississippi and other areas of Louisiana are preparing to respond.

"Boats, radios, aviation units will be manned and ready to respond," according to Crouch, "based on the District's Contingency plan which has been in effect since Hurricane Ivan".

[F14 Pilot]

Wishing those people some luck!

[NautiNurse]

New thread--looking for some good news...

[InvisibleChurch]

I'm really going to be honked off when the libs blame the president and the war for this hurricane.

[tiredoflaundry]

bump

[mhking]

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

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 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

[Mears]

I'm in Massachusetts and I'm transfixed with this storm.

Prayers for all of the folks on the Gulf.

[upchuck]

God bless all who will be affected by this.

[commish]

869 
URNT12 KNHC 290307
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 29/02:36:10Z
B. 27 deg 34 min N
089 deg 25 min W
C. 700 mb 2289 m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg 000 nm
F. 035 deg 122 kt
G. 306 deg 015 nm
H. 908 mb
I. 13 C/ 3018 m
J. 25 C/ 3022 m
K. 17 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C30
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.03 / 2 nm
P. AF305 2012A KATRINA OB 04
MAX FL WIND 122 KT NW QUAD 02:31:40 Z

[tomkat]

You're doing a fine job with this mess, ma'am !
Thanks

[SittinYonder]

I wish the talking heads wouldn't sound so gleeful when they talk about "death and destruction coming to New Orleans RIGHT NOW."

[milford421]

And hoping for a miracle there...

[bannie]

That lost post ended like a brick wall!

:0-o

[PhiKapMom]

One of the LA Reps was on WWL thanking President Bush for going live with his comments this afternoon. I have WWL minimized and didn't get the Reps name.

[bonfire]

Thanks for all your work on this, Nauti.

[Black Tooth]

I agree, you're doing a good job with these threads.

[Admin Moderator]

No personal attacks. If you have to bash the folks living in the path of the storm, you will be suspended. Period.

[Torie]

Way beyond my pay grade, but like the ice skater, narrower means speed, wider means less.

[Gabz]

You're awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!