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

[U S Army EOD]

Especially one that can roll 180 degrees.

[PhiKapMom]

Mayfield's interview is coming up shortly on Channel 2, ABC.

[Spktyr]

I-10, neh?

[Gabz]

I'm going to continue my prayers - but I can't keep up with this thread....gonna catch a nap so I can do so without eyes crossing.

[silentknight]

Red Cross is on stand-by with the Salvation Army as well. Thousands are ready to be set in. EVERY ERV in the nation has been called to the Gulf Coast. The Red Cross expects this to be the greatest natural disaster they have ever responded to.

[NautiNurse]

Uh oh...a guy on FNC--was he FEMA? said they had the contraflow for two days. BS--it was essentially 24 hours to the minute.

[BurbankKarl]

Tornado reported Ft Morgan Alabama

[jeffers]

oh...roger that....processing a little slow tonight I guess...too many windows open in my brain...:-)

[Termite_Commander]

Hey, isn't there an update coming up at 1 AM? I remember Janice Dean saying at one point that there would be updates every two hours.

[CobaltBlue]

But I would NOT take I-10 over the Atchafalaya Basin. Once I got to Baton Rouge, or thereabouts, if I couldn't get a hotel there, I'd take a state road north into Mississippi.

Stay away from water, stay away from low areas. That includes anything west of Baton Rouge along I-10, although you can't tell that by looking at a map.

[janetjanet998]

latest reson shows two wind maxes in the NE quad..and only 125 knots flight level..which is only 130 MPH surface winds...translation... the winds are coming down..two eyewalls are forming....unless they find higher winds soon the offical wind speed may be dropped....on the other hand the wind field of CAT 3 plus winds is likley getting bigger

[PhiKapMom]

It is I-10 that goes north of New Orleans into Houston.

[DoughtyOne]

Did you hear that mayor read the manditory evacuation order? Wow, I wasn't impressed with him.

[nopardons]

Wanna bet? :-)

You can also do chocolate covered potato chips (YUCK, but some people like that ) with my recipe; nuts and/or popcorn too.

[MplsSteve]

I've just had a very bad vision of an aquatic hell as Katrina hits the NO area with cars and people stuck on the Causeway.

For the first time, I've just had a little shudder.

[ArmyBratproud]

Hey, Nauti,

I figured I find ya on this thread. What's the latest on Katrina. It is about 11:45pm Central time...and The news shows her real close. Landfall at sunrise...

LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS IS GONNA TAKE IT BAD.

Prayers for those in Nawlins and everywhere else in Katrin's path

[Tiger Smack]

Im trying to find new orleans stations that are streaming online but they all seem to be off the air. So you guys are getting new orleans tv?

[Arizona Carolyn]

I think the mayor is still in denial.... or (since I live in a tourism-oriented-town) not wanting to scare off tourists by -- gasp -- giving them the truth!

[exhaustedmomma]

all the staff members but one abandoned their nursing home patients

Good grief. Forget about laws that should cover that type of behavior, this is an example of bottom-feeder crud.