Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII

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. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin conceded that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. At this hour, people are still filing into the Superdome after security screening for weapons and contraband. National Guard have brought in 360,000 MRE (meals ready to eat) to feed the estimated 30,000 storm refugees in the Superdome.

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 Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

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:

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

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

[mabelkitty]

I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[Admin Moderator]

Yes, it's a statistical possibility. But, given the fact that some posters went nuts on the report abuse link on the last thread, that statistical possibility just went to 99% that a mod was going to read every post on this thread.

[DollyCali]

I am tired here too..

AM - ????????????????

This wasn't directed to Nautinurse I hope? but as a general warning ?

It seems directed towards her & with her service here I surely nope not

Well, mega prayers for those in the path of this enormous presence. One can't help but feel tragically for the homeless, traveling stranded & the elderly who can't get away or don't even know what end is up to KNOW they should get away.



I try hard to behave (and it is hard often).. so really want to make sure we all know who you are addressing.

[Sally'sConcerns]

Pretty soon we will discuss grandma's jello molds.

It's a wonder I can even eat jello as an adult with all of the strange food combinations added to various jello flavors. I think my Mom's side of the family tried to outdo themselves at each family dinner by coming up with the most outrageous (and icky) combinations known to man.

[mhking]

I need to get to bed too -- I've got a 10A appointment. Times like this, I wish I could feed my WMP to my television in the bedroom.

[R W Reactionairy]

I wrote: "The Superdome has been described as being designed to withstand 200 MPH winds."

You responded: "Seems we adressed [sic] this earler [sic]; this is an unrealistic number ..."

I saw you wrote that the 200 MPH number was "crap."

With all due respects, that is not an answer to the question of whether the specifications given [even if "crap"] contemplates anything other than dry air. If the Superdome was designed to withstand 200 MPH winds, would that design specification ever consider the density of the wind and water striking the structure? I doubt that it would.

[TheForceOfOne]

He expressed doubt that enough people have taken this storm seriously enough after forty years of false predictions that the latest storm would be the one that puts New Orleans under water.

He said people will only pack up and move to safer ground so many times before they become complacent.

It sounded as though he was staying to ride out the storm. I heard him say up to 50,000 could lose their lives. I don't know if that is possible but what do I know.

[newzjunkey]

Doesn't bother me at all. It's a nice momentary diversion from the apocalyptic nightmare still coming to NO. We need to give ourselves a "breather" to avoid burnout.

[sageb1]

"Whew...I thought the Admin Mod closed the thread because I posted the Red Beans and Rice recipe!"

Nah. They waited to open the new one until they could jot it down! :)

[RDTF]

so this is due to hit 3am NO time? That's 4am on the east coast. I am better off setting the alarm

[cajungirl]

We are not entertaining you but making ourselves ready for what is to come.

We really cannot just sit here waiting for a post about the vortex and being silent just pposting only important posts.

And wringing our hands is just not in us.

Please don't snap at us, most of us are frightened, have people we love in this storm's path and are truly upset.

[RightWhale]

Sure. Like here in Fairbanks there is the potential of another flood. There is the Corps dike and all, but last time Fairbanks got drowned, and there are a lot more people here now. What to do by way of some preparation just in case, that's the question. Every place on earth has some kind of natural situation just waiting.

[texaslil]

Thanks, Mears, for the prayers. My son-in-law is a Lt. commander in the merchant marine on an oil tanker. They have just picked up a load of heating oil at Lake Charles, La. and were destined for the east coast yesterday. He said they were already in the huricane with waves twenty foot as of yesterday. We have no idea where he is right now.

[headsonpikes]

Speaking of recipes, everybody just grab a barley sandwich and chow down!

[tomkat]

It is a well known fact, ,any disaster discussion on FR ...

It's gonna sound really stupid, but I'll sleep just a tad easier tonight after reading that post.
Shades of silver patterns and all that...

[al baby]

Does anyone know how to make cinnamon toast?

[Hand em their arse]

oohh baby, i gave a mock Geraldo segment (which i thought was worthy of at least a little chuckle) loaded with some great adjectives, if i don't say so myself.... it was quite frowned upon apparently... : )

[Willie Green]

Cool! I learned something new!

Thanks!

[cajungirl]

Heh heh,,still hiding out.