Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part IX

NOAA - NHC and Various ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Katrina made landfall today at 6:10AM CDT, and she continues to drive northward into Mississippi and Alabama. Several local radar sites are down. Tornado and flash flood watches and warnings are widespread.

President Bush has declared major disaster areas, clearing the way for federal aid.

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

Wind Speed Data

Images:

Birmingham AL Radar

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

Memphis Radar

Montgomery AL Long Range Radar

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:

Birmingham AL Weather
Meridian MS Weather (Radar down at this time)
Jackson MS Weather (Radar down at this time)

Hurricane Katrina NOLA Photos

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
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

[groanup]

Keep your head down. I'm on the east side. These storms seem to be tending toward the west and north.

[RegulatorCountry]

Rolling boil for a minimum of one minute, or if unable to boil water, use household chlorine bleach. Add 1/8 teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water if the water is clear. If the water is cloudy, add 1/4 teaspoon of bleach per gallon. Mix the solution thoroughly and let it stand for at least 30 minutes before using it. NOTE: Treating water with chlorine bleach will not kill parasitic organisms. Only boiling will do this.

http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/health/FLOODING/infopack.pdf

[jeffers]

Thanks, I fonud it just a few minutes ago.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Sounds like a Mormon thing to do, and I would expect that they are getting stuff together to help for this storm, too.

[Tall_Texan]

My ex-roommate had family in Alabama who swear they would never give to the Red Cross. After going through a hurricane like this one, the Red Cross told them they were only there to help the poor neighborhoods. I'm not sure I believe it, but the story was relayed more than once.

[mcshot]

[:>))

MC

[Coldwater Creek]

I agree that it is not their job to pass out anything to anyone. Just do not offer donated items to our servicemen and the try to charge them.

[AGreatPer]

Thank you for the tornado warnings on your #103. Holly buckets, that's a lot of warnings.

[LadyPilgrim]

I heard her say that "armageddon" word.

Wolf Blitzer then repeated it.

[Coldwater Creek]

See! I am not alone. Thanks

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Red Cross has burnt its bridges with more than one of us, I see...

[BurbankKarl]

In a Tri-Cities hotel lobby, Moynihan and her family were watching a network TV reporter broadcast right down the street from their Mandeville, LA, home. Hurricane Katrina had hit Louisiana.



"There is severe and widespread flooding, according to authorities," the reporter said as the family waited with cell phones in hand.



"They can't get the rescue people out there," Bill Moynihan, Bonnie’s husband, said with a concerned look on his face.



Bill and Bonnie, along with their son Kyle, watched as live pictures of the store they shopped at back home showed how Hurricane Katrina was ripping through the area.



"I want to throw up,” Bonnie said with a disgusted look on her face. “It's just like someone punching you in the gut."

[Dog Gone]

Well, darn. The case of the missing battleship would have been a lot of fun.

[Strategerist]

Red Cross has burnt its bridges with more than one of us, I see...

My parents have a horror story regarding the Red Cross from WW II..the details of which I don't quite remember, but both of them have repeatedly expressed utter contempt for the organization.

[Michael Goldsberry]

"St. Tammany Parish?"

Sad link.

[kcat]

I haven't read past your post about the Alabama being submerged yet...I don't think it is actually floating. I think they have it in place some how so maybe it is submerged as in flooded. Does that make since?

[Coldwater Creek]

I am so sorry for those people.

[Krodg]

Thanks. Worrying about my sil.

[Caramelgal]

My dad was a WWII vet and he had nothing good to say about the Red Cross and nothing but praise for the Salvation Army. I don't know how that relates to today's situation but I've always remembered that. I give blood regularly to the Red Cross because it seems to be the only avenue but cash donations I give to the Salvation Army

[sfimom]

stay safe