Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

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

[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

[WestCoastGal]

Hi Cal,

Prayers up for everyone in NOLA, Mississippi and Alabama. The news just now trickling out about the severity of this is not good.

[shield]

That's what many FReepers have been saying....Shep was wrong...give it a few more hours....NO has NOT missed the bullet.

I remember a small cat 3 in Houston in '83...unbelievable damage...NO will be the same...

[Diddle E. Squat]

Fox: Eight feet of water in the city just south of Lake P. Water still rising

Let us know if they give a more specific location. There are 2 different levee systems/bowls that border the lake, and if the water is heading into the northeast one, the larger central/west one(which contains downtown) will not be affected (unless their levee is also topped.) The dividing line is the Industrial Canal that runs north/south on the east side of the city, should be visible on most maps. The Univ. of NO is in the NE corner of the central bowl(west side of the Canal), the Lakefront Airport is in the NW corner of the northeast bowl(east side of the Canal.)

[Pete'sWife]

Thanks! A little dirt in the french fries has the same effect as flossing one's teeth.

It's a HEALTH thing, ya know.

[cgk]

Here's another one.

Tyrell Willis fights his way through strong winds as he tries to make his way to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina batters the Crescent City on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. Willis's home was damaged by the storm, forcing him to walk to the Superdome where officials are providing shelter from the hurricane. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

[aft_lizard]

Pray for Biloxi, Gulfport.

[mware]

I know it is getting old, but if they are acting like kids might as well show it.

[Republic]

Oh fiddle-dee-dee, this is an amazing thread, with people speculating on every aspect of this horrific storm...many posting pictures those of us w/out cable TV especially appreciate, with reporting going on from all quarters, all networks, cable shows and radio news.

A bit of humor has NEVER hurt a discussion thread, yet. Ever.

Grumpy today? It is probably because you are on an adrenaline aftermath from caring so much about the storm, and wanting to know every detail, like many here. Nothing wrong with that, your patience will return.

< from one of the children...lol >

[Termite_Commander]

Once again, New Orleans is spared (somewhat), and everyone who has been warning about this storm looks like an idiot!

=P

Seriously, it's great the storm dropped in intensity, but nobody's out of the woods yet.

[Hoboto]

What are the latest reports in regards to the SuperDome? Is emergency power still available? Is the roof structure still holding?

[eyespysomething]

First mention of Pass Christian I've seen.

[blam]

This is a check in for blam. I am his son. I am writing on behalf of blam who asked me to report to you all. We have no power, trees down, high wind gusts, lotsa rain, but safe. Using laptop with limited power so will not be on again until later - maybe tomorrow.

Cheers.

[Interesting Times]

Laz apologized and dropped the humor. Now more noise is coming from people piling on him than he initially created. Can we please try to keep this thread on topic, as news is going to be coming in fast and furious?

Hey, if he can stir up 100 off-topic posts to get his ego fix, I figure I'm allowed one good swat...

[BurbankKarl]

5 calls per minute of people stuck on their roofs...


17th street canal has been breeched....water flowing

[Toespi]

Is that a lecture Howlin?

[cgk]

FReeper Liberty2004 is in Metairie, directly south of the Lake. Prayers for everyone riding this out!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Wow - they weren't kidding with the reports about the onion-skin-type peeling of the Super Dome roof!

[Howlin]

Am I right in assuming that the worst of the storm hasn't gotten there?

[txhurl]

Really... is the danger of spillover from Ponchartrain almost over? Do you know?

[BurbankKarl]

20 building collapses in NO