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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
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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 |
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.
and 100 of those were in Virginia from flooding...
WDSU reports that Harrison County and Gulfport experienced "unprecedented" storm surge.
Ever seen a gas stove?
Add these 80 to the "we": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1472260/posts
LOL!!!! What a typo! LOL!!!!
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.
I've lived on the coast most of my life. It is just what we live with. We start preparations each May.
Like they did in the olden days, perhaps...that thing called "fire"....
About 16 drops of household bleach per gallon to disinfect water.
Some folks have gas stoves, and bbq's. Also charcoal bbq's.
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.
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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?
When Katrina was called Camille II, fatality counts are what sprung to mind.
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?
I remember that stuff...
"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.
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.
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.
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