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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: sonofatpatcher2

Well, at least he'd have a fair chance to save his face...if it wasn't torn off and blown away.


441 posted on 08/29/2005 4:59:16 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Do you know Landru, Brother?)
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To: sonofatpatcher2
Re: "Has anyone reported a 'draft Dan Rather' effort to get an old pro down there to report? Sure would be a nice way for him to go out...speared through the chest with a fence post and blown into the gulf to feed the sharks."

Now... That's cold...

Are you a PETA Troll??

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

442 posted on 08/29/2005 4:59:18 AM PDT by bray (Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)
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To: ajolympian2004

I saw him this morning a few minutes ago with FOX & Friends.

My puter is about 5' from the TV.
I watch, type, surf, lurk and rarely change channels! ;-)

He's a cutie!

Hope he is level-headed in his reporting! I don't know his political stance.


443 posted on 08/29/2005 4:59:24 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my Pardon with HIS BLOOD!!! Hallelujah!!! What a Savior)
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To: DB
What if the road doesn't go that way?

Well perhaps they could go over fields. How fast is the eye travelling? I am sure they could make it. Better take some backup trucks in case some break down though

444 posted on 08/29/2005 4:59:42 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: Quilla

Thanks for answering that question, Quilla. I hope your friends will be okay.


445 posted on 08/29/2005 5:00:03 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: newzjunkey

Yes. The generators are now working, but can't handle the a/c.


446 posted on 08/29/2005 5:00:19 AM PDT by kitkat ("We're not going to let anybody frighten us from our great love of freedom." GWB, 7/22/05))
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To: NautiNurse

Reports from NBC Jackson, pumps are down in NO.


447 posted on 08/29/2005 5:00:54 AM PDT by southlake_hoosier (.... One Nation, Under God.......)
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To: beyond the sea
When my wife and I were first married, and we would have someone on my side of the family get married, our relatives would always have bloody marys on hand in the mornings during the weekend get togethers.

She had never seen anything like that.

That tradition still holds true. Of course we hold off until after Mass on Sundays. ; )

448 posted on 08/29/2005 5:01:02 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier { Wisc. })
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To: gopwinsin04

60 mile winds tear shingles off roofs just think what 140 will do.


449 posted on 08/29/2005 5:01:06 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Peach

Yes, and last evening he was at a local tv station being interviewed and as one poster noted - he was so laid back you'd think he was at an opium den (to paraphrase)


450 posted on 08/29/2005 5:01:31 AM PDT by LadyBuzz
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To: bobdsmith

What about rivers, buildings, fallen trees, you know, those things that are hard to drive over?


451 posted on 08/29/2005 5:02:02 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: bobdsmith

Now there's an idea.


452 posted on 08/29/2005 5:02:12 AM PDT by katykelly
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To: southlake_hoosier
pumps are down in NO.

Not good....................I hope they have nothing to pump out.

"the pumps don't work cause the vandals took the handles"

sorry

453 posted on 08/29/2005 5:02:43 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: gopwinsin04

The Superdome won't see sustained winds higher than 120 mph...


454 posted on 08/29/2005 5:02:56 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: spanalot
Don't get me wrong those questions should be asked, but they should be directed towards the designers and builders of the Dome. Not some guy with a walkie talkie directing people inside.
455 posted on 08/29/2005 5:03:32 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: ajolympian2004
Bill Hemmer comes off a bit pompous at times but he's alright. They had a segment that included questions one time at CNN, mostly science, history, etc. as it related to new college entrance exams or some such thing. Hemmer nailed every one while the other CNN doofuss's couldn't answer most of them or answered them wrong(including Mr. Science... Miles O'Brien). So the guy's pretty sharp.
456 posted on 08/29/2005 5:03:33 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: DB

I wish Harrigan would go inside.


458 posted on 08/29/2005 5:03:43 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: Miss Marple

saw on news right now a local person by the casinos already have 6-8 feet of water along the Blvds there, so the water IS doing damage NOW!


459 posted on 08/29/2005 5:03:43 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Semper911

IIRC, the worst case is that the storm comes in from the east but doglegs to the west.

So this is just second-worst case.

My crazy friend who volunteered to work with Civil Defense (not that this is a crazy thing to do) told me last night that Lake Pontchartrain has been very low due to the drought. He said it was two feet below the bottom of the stairs on the sea wall, at least before the storm started.

And of course the River has been very low because of the drought in the Midwest.

So seems like there is the lowest water level in memory, if not history.

Which is a plus.


460 posted on 08/29/2005 5:03:45 AM PDT by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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