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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: Types_with_Fist
There's probably flooding building in the lowest-lying areas as the rainfall from the entire bowl of the city drains down to those points. And it will probably keep rising, although nowhere near as bad if the surge had topped the levees.

And hopefully they hold and don't get a significant breach.

2,201 posted on 08/29/2005 8:27:59 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: NormsRevenge

Whore-aldo was on the phone yesterday on Fox. Isn't he still in Aruba? They'll never find Natalee now with this beast of a storm. He should come and make our lives miserable over here now *LOL*


2,202 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:08 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: bwteim

I love that song,,that is the one Marcia Ball sings. I thought it kwas the streets of plaquemine, now I remember it was streets of Evangeline. Senior moment.


2,203 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:20 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: fhlh

Wow, didn't notice that the headlights were on.


2,204 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:26 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: silentknight

I just turned on Fox.

When did Bill Hemmer leave CNN and join Fox?


2,205 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:29 AM PDT by guinnessman
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To: Ranxerox

HA!! "Uh, can ya hear me now?? Gooood!"


2,206 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:33 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: dirtboy
Do me a favor and shut up. I'm posting what I see on other websites as are other people. I'd like nothing better than this storm to disappear. If you aren't going to contribute to the content of the thread, just lurk.

Jeez. Did I wander onto the EveryoneIsReallyPissedOffHere thread, or what?

2,207 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: rwfromkansas

Of course the majority of people seeking emergency shelter are black. According to a recent census, blacks are the overwhelming majority in the city. Theater of the obvious?


2,208 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:43 AM PDT by kinghorse
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To: cyborg
Well check this genius on Fox in the water!

He must not have gone through Safety Town.

Water + Power lines = Danger

2,209 posted on 08/29/2005 8:28:43 AM PDT by ohioWfan (If my people which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray......)
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To: cfo

2,210 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:04 AM PDT by cfo (God Bless America!)
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To: WoodstockCat

""It's not as bad as the (forecast) last night," Levitan said, referring to forecasts that were based on Sunday afternoon's projections of Katrina's path."

The storm landed as a 4 instead of a Cat 5, and NO was west of eye.The forward speed of Katrina pick up.
Without those 3 factors this would have been much worse..even though it isnt over yet.


2,211 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:11 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: jayef; Jrabbit

If you have (or get) any information on Slidell and what's going on there right now, PLEASE ping me. I've got family who evacuated from there and they're worried because they don't have a clue as to what's going on. Thanks in advance.


2,212 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:15 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: Drumbo

Thanks!


2,213 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:15 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: oldleft

Hey, is that a Mardi Gras floating down Canal Street?


2,214 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:25 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Hand em their arse

I hope no one is inside. :(


2,215 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:29 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: Gone GF

I still see the empty southbound lanes and wish that they had been full of busses and ambulances taking people north. I'm praying all the retirement homes and hospitals were evacuated first thing.


2,216 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:30 AM PDT by Mercat (God loves us where He finds us.)
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To: ohioWfan

Portions of the telephone system in metropolitan New Orleans failed about 9:30 a.m., further isolating the city as Katrina's center passed.

Remote phone switching stations and wireless phone antennas, or cell sites, switched to backup battery or generator power after losing power from electrical lines. But many of those backup power sources were temporary.

Bu mid-morning, dialing into and out of the New Orleans area was becoming increasingly difficult.


2,217 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:35 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: cyborg

LOL.. He used to work hurricanes and then withBabwa Wawa so he's used to lots of windage and spittle flying thru the air.. ;-)


2,218 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:43 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: guinnessman

he came on board this morning.....just hired, and started today...


2,219 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:43 AM PDT by unojook
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To: RushCrush
I guess I just saw a lot of human beings. But that's just me.

I agree, it was a diverse representation of people, probably a fair representation of the population there.

2,220 posted on 08/29/2005 8:29:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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