Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

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

don't know..my in-laws are in Lamar Co. just outside the city..according to

http://www.wjtv.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Common/Page/DynaView&cid=1115835586852&packname=HurricaneCenter&sname=WJTV

trees down..gusts to 47 mph..going to get worse..major power outages..transformers popping..

1,861 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:10 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)

Big trees down with wind in Memphis.

1,862 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:13 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")

Advisory #27 -

WTNT32 KNHC 291438
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...CENTER OF POWERFUL HURRICANE KATRINA AGAIN MOVING ASHORE...NEAR
THE LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI BORDER...CONTINUES POUNDING SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST
FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA
BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z..ALL HURRICANE WATCHES ARE DISCONTINUED.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE
ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...AND FROM WEST OF
MORGAN CITY TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...ABOUT 35 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 45 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
BILOXI MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK
THE CENTER WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND INTO
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES
OVER LAND.  HOWEVER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
AS FAR AS 150 MILES INLAND ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA.  SEE INLAND
HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICES.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  927 MB...27.37 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 10 TO 15 FEET...NEAR THE TOPS OF THE LEVEES...IS STILL POSSIBLE
IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.  SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING
IS OCCURRING ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF
COAST AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...30.2 N... 89.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 927 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT NOON CDT AND 2 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH

1,863 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:19 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)

Mike Keller, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, stands in the rain while mooning Hurricane Katrina just after dawn August 29, 2005...

1,864 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:22 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)

To: WestCoastGal

Shep...pressure problem in Hyatt resulting in blown out 100 windows per manager.

...and how many managers are there? ;-)

1,865 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:33 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)

I didn't know they had hurricane doors,,

The doors were installed to keep the tunnel from filling with water during hurricanes.

When they are closed and sand bagged traffic is detoured over the older bridges or around Mobile Bay.

You can see the doors at the entrances to the tunnel.

1,866 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:39 AM PDT by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)

Yeah, "whoooOAAAAA!" is not exactly quality journalism.

1,867 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:40 AM PDT by kenth (north Georgia mountains - prayers for all in the path of Katrina)

1,868 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:42 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)

Also movement speed has increased to 16-17 MPH.

1,869 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:43 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)

To: Hillarys Gate Cult

CNN reports that the worst is over for NO.

I guess the guy from weather.com or whatever was totally wrong on FOX.

1,870 posted on 08/29/2005 7:48:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

To: Knitting A Conundrum

1,871 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:00 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Prayers for the people in the NO)

1,872 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:02 AM PDT by sarasota

1,873 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:05 AM PDT by GRANGER (We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. - Ann Coulter)

To: I still care

At last..THANK YOU. sigh..

1,874 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:15 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)

"Heck, they even give you 'one last fag' before putting you in front of the firing squad. "

Hey Laz, we didn't realize that you swing that way......

Interesting facts you learn on FR....

NeverGore :^)

1,875 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:22 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)

1,876 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:23 AM PDT by cfo (God Bless America!)

To: WoodstockCat

1,877 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:25 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

What is Camp Qualls?

Freeper search

-PJ

1,878 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:33 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)

To: Steve_Seattle; ken5050

If the SuperDome is damaged and unsafe, can they play in Baton Rouge? Doesn't LSU have a stadium there?

My guess is that they will play at Tulane if that stadium isn't damaged.

1,879 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:45 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Prayers for the people in the NO)

Looks qualified to be a FOX rover.

1,880 posted on 08/29/2005 7:49:48 AM PDT by battlegearboat

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