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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; tropical; weather
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To: newzjunkey

No power at Superdome except for emergency generator which is enough for lights only...no A/C.


201 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:32 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: newzjunkey

streetcam has gone out again


202 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:33 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: newzjunkey

Power went out, but backup generator is operating. no air conditioning though. Yikes.


203 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:34 AM PDT by itsinthebag
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To: spectre

LOL--Shep is reading the thread...he just got on and said that he didn't mean imply that the storm isn't going to be bad...just not as bad as they predicted yesterday....


204 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:37 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: newzjunkey

the generator is providing power, but no AC.


205 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:41 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: ElisabethInCincy
From your link I found a chart of the real time wind speed measured at:

Industrial Canal at I-10 at New Orleans, LA


206 posted on 08/29/2005 4:02:55 AM PDT by bd476
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To: itsinthebag

Shep is operating on his ego. What a idiot!!!!!!


207 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:09 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Gondring
I'm sure Shep's reversed red ballcap is OSHA compliant...

BTW does OSHA mean "Oh Shinola! Head Amputated!"
208 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:24 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: Txsleuth

those guys at the Daquiri bar are going to be trash talking Shep for a generation.


209 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:51 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Peach
Shep says glass is breaking in the French Quarter.

We call the broken glass mother nature's ninja throwing stars.

210 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:55 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)
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To: bd476

Fox reporting one of the rivers (no name) went over its banks, had to evacuate two of the shelters.....


211 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:56 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: bd476

That's windy!


212 posted on 08/29/2005 4:03:56 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: Peach
Go inside..Shep!!!

sw

213 posted on 08/29/2005 4:04:13 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: mariabush

Shep's cap is on backwards. He probably thinks he looks cute.


214 posted on 08/29/2005 4:04:26 AM PDT by itsinthebag
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To: oceanview

"and add to that they "they hyped it" mantra that will be leveled against the weather service and hurricane center - they will never be able to convince people to evacuate NO again."

Well, that will remain to be seen in the future. This was a LEGITIMATE storm with all the bad signs and proof to back it up that evacuation WAS necessary. Murphys Law, if they hadn't evacuated things would have or still could get worse.

IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS. People are calling the aftermath way too soon.


215 posted on 08/29/2005 4:04:36 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: sonofatpatcher2
"Grand Isle is about 45 miles due south of NO."

Just heard, Grand Isle was the point of hit.

216 posted on 08/29/2005 4:04:46 AM PDT by Alia
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To: mabelkitty

Mississippi is going to get the worst of this.


217 posted on 08/29/2005 4:04:46 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: sonofatpatcher2
Shep IS an idiot and he made similar comments last year during one of the Florida hurricanes. He makes it sound like the officials were stupid for calling for an evac when the storm isn't quite as bad as was expected. It is just the kind of reporting that makes gubermint officials gun-shy to call a timely evac and makes people decide to stay home and ride the next one out. If I was playing Jack McCoy, I'd charge him with reckless endangerment, if they ever wrote a script on this.
218 posted on 08/29/2005 4:05:00 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: DB
On generator. No cooling. Currently...

The generators are for emergency lighting and such.

They'd have to be humongous to run the AC system for the Dome.

219 posted on 08/29/2005 4:05:08 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: mabelkitty
Mississippi I believe.
220 posted on 08/29/2005 4:05:11 AM PDT by DB (©)
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