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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
Images:
New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait
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 |
Interesting. I've read a couple of prophecies this year that said God was going to move boundaries. This was before the tsunami hit and moved boundaries of those countries. Hmmmm.
Do you suppose his parents named him that?
Has anyone heard anything abour Mandeville? I have inlaws here in GA that just escaped the wrath of Katrina.
We= All those who believe in Him.
Me too. I'll be a "we."
Ivan is not a woman...
You're welcome. Didn't want to have sick Freepers blaming us ;)
I'm so glad I don't live in a hurricane area. I'm racking my brain trying to think of any natural disaster that would put us up here in MN in a similar situation...Maybe a big tornato, but that would only affect a limited area.
Good Lord. That guy was flying to do that kind of damage, even though they've probably cut the van apart to get (what was left of) him out.
}:-)4
South Mississippi Town-by-town roundup
Bay St. Louis: Major flooding all around.
Biloxi: The Biloxi River is flowing over the bridge on Interstate 10. . . Water on first two floors of Beau Rivage. . . Extensive flooding in East Biloxi. . .
Gulfport: 3 of 4 walls have collapsed at Harrison Central 9th Grade School in North Gulfport. . . At least three firehouses have taken significant damage . . .
Harrison County: Damage to virtually all shelters, including broken windows, leaky windows and no power, but no injuries. Lyman Elementary lost two buildings. People were moved to another building on campus safely. Woolmarket Elementary, lost its roof. West Wortham Elementary has signficant roof damage.
Poplarville: A tornado was spotted nearby at 10:20 a.m.
D'Iberville: 5.5 feet of water at Suburban Lodge on Automall Parkway.
Pascagoula: The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency had to relocate to the courthouse after the roof came off their building downtown. . . The roof also came off the gym at St. Martin High School. . . Reports of flooding in the Chipley area.
Porteaux Bay: four people were trapped on a roof, wearing lifejackets. They couldn't get through to 911, but got on WLOX, asking for help.
Wiggins: 100 mph wind gusts (11 a.m.)
OOps! Tornado. And certainly not a big tomato!
Slidell is almost as poorly situated as New Orleans. Water practically surrounds it and its elevation is probably not much better than New Orleans.
Don't have anything directly on Thibodaux, but a few hours ago a reporter who road the storm out in Houma said he didn't see any major structural damage there, unlike what he did see as he got close to New Orlean.
About 250 along the Gulf Coast, and another 100 or so in Virginia four days later, due to flash floods. (Saturated soil + hills + 24" of rain in one night.)
}:-)4
Wondering about the people in plaquemines parish, too...Shell Beach, Venice, Port Sulphur, Delacroix....the storm came so close to that strip.
Oh, I'm sure killer tomatoes would certainly put a damper on things. ;-)
6ppc, thanks for the information.
His girlfriend just called; she has heard from him and he is so far doing fine; hunkered down in the barracks.Rather in awe; he's a northern boy & has never experienced a hurricane.
He said one of the guys went outside for a smoke (if you can believe it) and was struck in the head by a flying beam. He was taken away by ambulance; no word yet on his condition.
Mr. Mayor, how can anyone boil water if there is no electricity?
Yeah, but then again, see Matt. 24....
Despair in the 9th Ward
New Orleans, 9th Ward, 2:30 p.m.
Times-Picayune photographer Ted Jackson waded into the Lower 9th Ward Monday afternoon and reported a scene of utter destruction. The wind still howled, floodwaters covered vehicles in the street and people were clinging to porches and waiting in attics for rescuers who had yet to arrive.
In one home on Claiborne Avenue near the Industrial Canal bridge, Jackson saw a man peering from a window in his attic. The man said rising water in his house had forced him, his wife and two children into the attic.
Jackson estimated the water's depth at 12 feet.
"He was very calm,'' Jackson said of the man in the attic window.
Jackson said he couldn't get across the street. The water was too deep and the current was too fast.
Nearby, three children and three adults were clinging to a porch, trying to stay above the water, which they insisted was continuing to rise.
"They were really scared. They said they had been clinging to that porch since 8 a.m.''
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