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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: the Deejay

It's not the weight of the buildings. It's the weight of hundreds of feet of sediment upon which the buildings are built actually deforming the lithosphere. In addition, the silt coming down the river builds the river higher and higher above the elevation of the city.


3,881 posted on 08/29/2005 12:57:27 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: txflake

and 100 of those were in Virginia from flooding...


3,882 posted on 08/29/2005 12:57:35 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: All

WDSU reports that Harrison County and Gulfport experienced "unprecedented" storm surge.


3,883 posted on 08/29/2005 12:58:12 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: mwl1

Ever seen a gas stove?


3,884 posted on 08/29/2005 12:58:30 PM PDT by uglybiker (Did ya hear the one about the cannibal who passed his best friend in the forest?)
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To: CindyDawg

Add these 80 to the "we": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472260/posts


3,886 posted on 08/29/2005 12:58:48 PM PDT by knittnmom (...surrounded by reality)
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To: Abigail Adams
Maybe a big tornato, but that would only affect a limited area.

LOL!!!! What a typo! LOL!!!!

3,887 posted on 08/29/2005 12:58:53 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: RobFromGa

Wont work. With Camille too, the lore of 'it always jogs east' combined with the cat drop from the outlying areas will only be stronger for those who own businesses in the french quarter.


3,888 posted on 08/29/2005 12:58:59 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: Abigail Adams

I've lived on the coast most of my life. It is just what we live with. We start preparations each May.


3,889 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:06 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: mwl1

Like they did in the olden days, perhaps...that thing called "fire"....


3,890 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:11 PM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: mwl1

About 16 drops of household bleach per gallon to disinfect water.


3,891 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:21 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: mwl1
Mr. Mayor, how can anyone boil water if there is no electricity?

Some folks have gas stoves, and bbq's. Also charcoal bbq's.

3,892 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:32 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
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To: kx9088

I swear yesterday right before her outer bands touched the shoreline, she had a perfect circle for an eye and she looked like a friggin' buzz saw. Gave me chills down my spine.

.........

I've been waiting for the swans neck(storm system from north) to attach to the body(hurricane), it did today and now it's going to propell the hurricane right back up the eastern states like a sling shot.

Mother Nature, ahhh- FLIPPIN--m-a-z-i-n-g ! I noticed how the weather casters have played that part down. Only one tip toed around it. Hmmm?


3,893 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:38 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: SoothingDave; CindyDawg
"Helping someone to remain living by obtaining medicine for them is not wrong. It may be technically illegal, but it is not wrong. Maybe you think "illegal" and "wrong" are the same thing?"

It's not even illegal in most circumstances. Law enforcement and other rescue personnel routinely requisition property without notice in emergencies. In the absence of proper authorities any citizen capable of doing so must act in their stead. The only way it would be illegal is if they didn't offer compensation for the property afterwords.

Indeed you might be held responsible if you are capable of rendering assistance and refuse.
3,894 posted on 08/29/2005 12:59:45 PM PDT by monday
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To: Moose4

When Katrina was called Camille II, fatality counts are what sprung to mind.


3,895 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:02 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: 2nd Amendment

I have people in both Mandeville and Slidell who rode it out but have not heard from them since last night..hoping for the best..

Any ham radio operators out there hear anything?


3,896 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:02 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: ContemptofCourt

I remember that stuff...


3,897 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:03 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: r9etb

"I hope that damned fool didn't kill anybody besides himself."


No skid marks in the dirt. I wonder if a 180MPH type gust blew him off the road.


3,898 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:08 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Smogger
WDSU reports that Harrison County and Gulfport experienced "unprecedented" storm surge.

Oh Lord. The Camille reference was ominous. It also seemed Haley barbour suspected it was bad. I had heard it mentioned earlier that the surge was "worse than Camille." The "Camille II" reference also isn't good.

3,899 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:13 PM 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: Diddle E. Squat

I totally agree. I can't imagine what President Bush was thinking of, trying to tack a statement about immigration onto the end of a statement about a hurricane which is likely to kill upwards of a thousand people. Fox did him a favor by cutting him off -- too bad they weren't running with a few seconds delay, so they could have cut him off before anyone heard it.


3,900 posted on 08/29/2005 1:00:20 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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