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

[RummyChick]

maybe they should make a Hurrican recipe thread.I agree. It is too much clutter for something this serious.

[mhking]

I've lost video from them; I'm still getting audio from them though.

[Nita Nupress]

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

Thank you!

Hey, can we do that for the recipes, too?!

(backing out before I get zotted...)

[PhiKapMom]

Smart move by WWL -- this is one nasty hurricane.

[cajungirl]

Killjoy!

You best be careful here or we will post thousands of recipes, silverware patterns, bridesmaid dresses.

I am in the path of this thing and am as anxious for news as anyone. Turn on the weather channel if you hate chit chat cause we are not stopping for you.

So there.

[jabber-jabber-jabber]

Normally, but not in this case. Thanks anyway. Please mind your business.

[BurbankKarl]

They have these new giant bottles

[U S Army EOD]

Ok, but I have heard he now drives cars that has air bags that double as flotation devices.

[The Westerner]

I wonder if the people in the dome can use their cell phones? And if so, has anyone heard anything from anyone?

[Ga.Lady]

Will someone give me a link to a map of La.? thank you so much

[mhking]

Never mind - I got the video back from them.

[small voice in the wilderness]

River Roads Recipes. It's the bible of every Cajun woman.

AMEN. The best, bar NONE

[Gabz]

Sleep is good!!!!!!!!!

[CFC__VRWC]

That was Senator Mary Landrieu who thanked President Bush. At least, she's the one who I heard say that. I thought that was pretty decent of her and I wondered if he would get a similar thank you if this storm were hitting NY or CA?

She must have caught hell from her constituents or the focus-groupers, because she was doing nothing but non-stop Bush-bashing yesterday and earlier today. She was one of the first ones to parrot the line about how the LA National Guard couldn't help because Bush had them all in Iraq.

[shattered]

Try it on french bread.

[truthandlife]

I was there in NO on Friday for a sales meeting and grew up there as a kid. I went down to Bourbon Street and I could not believe how it has changed since I was a kid. Pretty crude place. Took a tour on Royal Street again and ate some great food. NO has some great history and is a great place to visit. The people there are truly different and I love to talk to them. They go out of there way to really show you the city they are so proud of. I am glad I am not there raising my family. New Orleans will recover and the people in America will be there to help them get back on their feet. I just pray that the people who decided to not leave will be protected.

[advance_copy]

Avery Island, LA might be far enough west as to miss much of the storm surge and the most powerful winds. There might not be huge amount of flooding there. Tobasco would be saved.

[hoosiermama]

Yes they traveled in a caravan and are in Mississippi. Got a motel room for a week ....with three dogs and two cats....Says they got quite a bit in cars, but keep thinking of things they that are irreplaceable that they didn't pack.....Such is life....Thinks don't really matter...They are safe that's what is important.