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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: cyborg

He died laughing.


1,501 posted on 08/29/2005 7:15:37 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Leapfrog
ONE levee has broken? Oh dear..
1,502 posted on 08/29/2005 7:15:37 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: SlowBoat407

Finally, Steve runs for cover (it took a large piece of roof almost landing on him)!


1,503 posted on 08/29/2005 7:15:43 AM PDT by Darnright ( Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before)
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To: kowabunga

Please, this isn't a time for stupid jokes.


1,504 posted on 08/29/2005 7:15:59 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: kowabunga

Please stay safe. I love PDAs! Please keep us posted about yourself.


1,505 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:04 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Sonar5

He past stupid quite awhile ago...


1,506 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:14 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: libtoken

Heard yesterday that there are some 5,000 oil rigs in the Gulf which represent 1/3 of our US oil.


1,507 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:16 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: metmom
Re: roof on.

Sky Hooks.

Just kidding, helicopters.

1,508 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:19 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: Graymatter

The Superdome is between the French Quarter and the Garden District. You essentially drive by it as you head west on St. Charles Avenue (the trolley car street).


1,509 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:27 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: CindyDawg

I died everytime he said WOOOOOOOOOOAH!


1,510 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:27 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: cyborg

I was watching at 6:30am Central Time and the cameraman wanted to go in THEN. Harrigan's an idiot.


1,511 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:29 AM PDT by RushCrush (What Would Casey Want?)
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To: kowabunga

7 Feet of water on 1st floor--East Jefferson hospital in NOLA


1,512 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:30 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: kenth

This is just crazy. I know he likes to be where the news is at, but this is nuts. FNC needs to stop talking to him so he has no option but to stay in relative safety.

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I think just about every news outlet has someone standing outside in the middle of the storm -- seemed yesterday all of them had reporters standing where the surf was coming up and the wind was blowing the trees violently. And this was well before Katrina hit.

These news folks aren't going to learn till one of their kind gets killed covering storms like this. Sorry, but I don't think we need to have a guy standing outside in the middle of a fierce hurricane to tell us how bad it is.


1,513 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:34 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: U S Army EOD

The Weather Channel has been carrying some info on the storm referencing its approach to those areas.....


1,514 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:45 AM PDT by deport (If you want something bad enough, there's someone who will sell it to you. Even the truth your way.)
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To: justa-hairyape

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050829/NEWS05/50829008

Katrina tears away pieces of Superdome's roof

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Katrina ripped away pieces of the roof of the Superdome, where thousands of New Orleans residents sought shelter from 145 mph winds.

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At the Superdome, home to 9,000 storm refugees, wind peeled off pieces of metal on the golden roof, leaving two holes that were visible from the floor. Water dripped in, and people were moved away.

Others stayed and watched as sheets of metal, flapped and rumbled loudly. From the floor, looking up more than 19 stories, it appeared to be openings of about 6 feet long.

General Manager Glenn Menard said he did not know how serious the problem was. “We have no way of getting anyone up there to look,” he said.

Scores of windows were blown out at some of New Orleans’ hotels.

Katrina, which had strengthened a day before into a 175-mph Category 5 behemoth before weakening, still had hurricane winds extending 120 miles from its center.

Along U.S. 90 in Mississippi, the major coastal route that is home to the state’s glitzy casinos, sailboats were washed onto the four-lane highway, which was deserted and flooded in areas.

“This is a devastating hit — we’ve got boats that have gone into buildings,” Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said as he maneuvered around downed trees in the city. “What you’re looking at is Camille II.”


1,515 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:52 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: TheForceOfOne

It's the outer shell, not the roof itself. calm Down... For Now.


1,516 posted on 08/29/2005 7:16:58 AM PDT by Sonar5 (60+ Million have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: spectre

Looks to be French Quarter levee I hear.


1,517 posted on 08/29/2005 7:17:05 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: mewzilla; RushCrush

Yes he sure did... he almost got zotted by a piece of a roof.


1,518 posted on 08/29/2005 7:17:12 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Peach

Yes.

They locked the doors to protect the building.


1,519 posted on 08/29/2005 7:17:20 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: kowabunga

When God was handing out brains did he hear rains and go hide under a tree?


1,520 posted on 08/29/2005 7:17:23 AM PDT by kinghorse
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