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

[Frank_Discussion]

Yes, I posted that a little bit back. Chilling.

[cgk]

I'm still not clear on that. Maybe it was a joke because I never heard an update/clarification on if people were leaving the superdome or not... I hope not!

[Republic]

Hey! Thanks.....65,000 is a lot of people...if the report is true and the entire county is underwater (that is an amazing thing to think about), hope it is very shallow water. I think of the folks who refused to go to safer areas, (and I think of the trapped animals).

Are the cable stations able to get crews out to the various places outside NO proper to show this type of flooding?

[silentknight]

NIce visible shot of Katrina

http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=452744#post452744

[Howlin]

They thought we were completely safe.

I saw them doing their live shots from there last night; Cantore was POSITIVE that they were safe because it was a vets' home!

Simply amazing.

[Guenevere]

Does anyone know if Steve Harrigan was admitted to the hotel or if they're making him stay outside?

[bwteim]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1128 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 1126 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVER JEFFERSON PARISH AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. THIS IS A VERY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

[Jemian]

Thank you so much for the report on those ships.

[Carolinamom]

Service station owners must pay for the gas they're now selling. With the real possibility of increased costs to them for their next load, they must make money now to pay for it when it is delivered to them. That's the explanation I got from an owner.

[monday]

"can you imagine what would have happened to the Superdome if the storm had come through at its peak? If pieces tore off the dome when the winds were at 130 MPH... Sheesh!"

I don't know what would have happened with a dirrect hit of course but the super dome looks worse than it is. The pieces that came off are insulating foam and waterproofing membrane. They are sprayed on in liquid form and are not designed to withstand hurricane force winds. They are not structural pieces.

[the Deejay]

They just mentioned "GATORS" a short
while ago.

Snakes wash up into homes
& take up residence.

[Trident/Delta]

It suddenly occured to me that Steve Harrigan reminds me of the "Frank Fontana" character on the old Murphy Brown series.

Semper Nostalgic

[OXENinFLA]

[Calpernia]

Are posing a threat or night?

[gbunch]

Yes, please cite your source! Although I'm safe with friends in Georgia, my home is (or was) in St. Bernard Parish.

Supposedly in Hurricane Betsy, my area stayed dry, while a section known as Arabi was flooded to a depth of several feet. Arabi is adjacent to the 9th Ward of New Orleans, where the levee break reportedly took place. Both are supposedly flooding as they did in Hurricane Betsy. Also, parts of St. Bernard lie completely outside the hurricane protection levees. Flooding can vary widely, and St. Bernard is large, so any details will be much appreciated!

I hate when people like this "state senator" make blanket statements. Kinda like FOX saying earlier that the "area south of Lake Pontchartrain is completely flooded." ALL of New Orleans is south of the lake!

[TheSpottedOwl]

SHE IS a part of the Federal Government, she is a USA Senator!

And if she hasn't been out there for the last four years, etc., crying out for improvements in NO and surrounding areas, THEN SHE HAS JUST BLAMED HERSELF.

This is something her next opponent may want to bring up during the next election.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

It is what freepers know as "herding cats". Nothing new under the sun.

[LibSnubber]

Thanks for the clarification. I also heard on the tv that somewhere there's 100 people on their roofs waiting to be rescued. Missed the info on the location. God be with them.

[retrokitten]

It suddenly occured to me that Steve Harrigan reminds me of the "Frank Fontana" character on the old Murphy Brown series.

I thought the same thing when I saw him out there with those goggles on this morning.