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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.

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

Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level

Wind Speed Data

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 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:

Cut and Paste:

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

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


Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
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

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: NautiNurse
9 am position update -

AT 9 AM CDT...1400Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS
ABOUT 30 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT
50 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI.

THE WESTERN EYEWALL OF THE HURRICANE IS OVER NEW ORLEANS...AND THE
NORTHEASTERN EYEWALL IS SPREADING ONSHORE THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.


1,321 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:29 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Constitution Day

Thank you. She's clueless.


1,322 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:35 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: AppyPappy

prayers for continued break-up of this storm.


1,323 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:44 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-- what are we waiting for?)
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To: cyborg

Oh no.


1,324 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:47 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: jeffers

prayers going up for any loved ones of freepers on this thread now...

dave


1,325 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:50 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Sonar5

FNC: Ten trapped in apartment complex in Harvey, LA. Deputies want to get to them but are unable to do so right now.


1,326 posted on 08/29/2005 6:59:58 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: daybreakcoming

I'm surprised she didn't blame Bush because NO is below sea level.


1,327 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Zechariah_8_13

Will do my best, but am not a typist. I am also upset right now...

The thing that is making me panicky is the potential for the wind to get under the roof and then lift more and more sections off. Then what happens to the walls, which are hanging off the roof.

As long as there isn't a progression of peeling, hopefully it will hold the walls up... I am not an engineer, but am married to a pretty smart architect, who feeds me info as he works. He also says that the engineers know much more than he does. He understands the principles, but they know the details behind the principals..


1,329 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:15 AM PDT by jacquej
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To: NautiNurse

It was the regional hospital at Oxner, the glass in the atrium collapsed, said it was a tremendous piece, that's why they are on lockdown, all the glass in the lobby


1,330 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:18 AM PDT by eyespysomething (What disgusts me the most is how other GStar families have had their wounds ripped back open! FU CS)
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To: jeffers
I'd like to add emphasis to this:

I'd like to see everyone here keep in mind that others reading may have loved ones in the area and keep speculation to an absolute minimum.

1,331 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:18 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: mrobison
Someday; hopefully not today.

Didn't Laz teach you how to do that right? :-)

1,332 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:25 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Constitution Day

Harvey according to Fox News... 10 people trapped.


1,333 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:31 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: AppyPappy

Woman with three children in eastern New Orleans trapped in her attic; water below.


1,334 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:44 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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Reported Harvey hotel collapse is actually an apartment collapse. 10 people affected.


1,335 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:45 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: cyborg

Can someone summarize the major news items so far for those of us who have no cable?

Thanks!!!!


1,336 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:48 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: jeffers
About the only good news I can throw at people concerns the aftermath. I saw a report yesterday talking about how out of 11 area bridges, 10 have been hardened against flooding. Meaning even if they're submerged, they're designed not to wash away.
1,337 posted on 08/29/2005 7:00:48 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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1,338 posted on 08/29/2005 7:01:13 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: steveegg

looks like Biloxi is the Bulls Eye. Ironic as it's the home base for the Hurricane Hunter squadron.


1,339 posted on 08/29/2005 7:01:30 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Abigail Adams

Well i just saw a crawler say that there are ten people trapped in a collapsed building, pumps are failing.


1,340 posted on 08/29/2005 7:01:55 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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