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

[JerseyHighlander]

Route 10 overpass of Spain St in New Orleans. Area between Florida Ave and N. Clairborne, and Elysian Fields Ave and Franklin Ave, appears entirely flooded up to first story eaves. From live stream of WDSU TV channel 6.

[Johnny Crab]

where are these examples of people without flood insurance, being paid off by the government?

Not here. Ours is due by 9/15/05....creek is 200 yards from our home.

We also STILL cannot get through to Slidell, Covington, or Mandeville to check on those who stayed. We'll post anything specific & confirmed that we get. One of the "stay behinds" was with EMS/Fire Dept. so the info will be legit.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

You might find it next to impossible to get to Gulf shores this week,



GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - Hurricane Katrina is pounding Alabama's most popular beaches with stinging rain and powerful wind gusts that pushed Gulf waters into streets in a rising storm surge.

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach both resemble ghost towns today as the storm roared ashore in Louisiana around 5 a-m.

Flooding is the worst in Gulf Shores. Police Chief Arthur Bourne said the water is as high as it was during Hurricane Ivan a year ago, meaning it could be days before homeowners get in to assess damage and begin cleaning up.

[Johnny Crab]

where are these examples of people without flood insurance, being paid off by the government?

Not here. Ours is due by 9/15/05....creek is 200 yards from our home.

We also STILL cannot get through to Slidell, Covington, or Mandeville to check on those who stayed. We'll post anything specific & confirmed that we get. One of the "stay behinds" is with northshore EMS/Fire Dept. so the info will be legit.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"where are these examples of people without flood insurance, being paid off by the government? from my knowledge of it, all they do is provide low interest loans."

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Whenever a hurricane goes by, affected families are entitled to ask FEMA for relief. If your kitchen is damaged by a hurricane, FEMA will pay for your new kitchen, etc. FEMA, of course, is an arm of the federal government and is financed at least partly by state (not federal)property taxes, so people without insurance can rightfully claim to have helped pay for FEMA's relief.

[RobFromGa]

see Southeast STORMWATCH shows all current Tornado Warnings, Watches, Flood Warnings and Watches, and Wind Advisories for the Southeast USA.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Damn, my son, who is home on leave from Iraq, just called and checked in early from leave and volunteered to go to NO for relief duty. The USMC Duty officer said that he had a LOOOOOONG roster of Marines gearing up to go and help. Where do we get young men like these????

Good for your son and his fellow Marines. You must be so proud of him : )

[mhking]

Are they headed for upstate SC?

Nope. They are moving south to north primarily; they are curving back over into Alabama once they get beyond us.

[SunnySide]

"That's a nasty thing to say. You don't even know the kid. What's with the third world population thing?"

Please, it wasn't meant to be nasty. Why would a child be by themself if they weren't homeless. Take your flame baiting elsewhere.

[BurbankKarl]

they have been up there for 12 hours!

[ken5050]

It's what Marines do..

[cyborg]

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

[mhking]

The Carrol County tornado look like they might be heading my way in Alpharetta.

Nope; the storm is running nearly due north. There are several other squalls that are south of Atlanta that will get to Alpharetta, but you've got a bit of time before they get there...

[BurbankKarl]

St. Bernard flooding update

Monday, 4 p.m.

Official postings on the St. Bernard government Web site about flooding in the parish:

At 11:00 a.m. , the National Weather Service reported that a levee broke
on the Industrial Canal - the waterway that connects the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Waterway - near the St. Bernard-Orleans parish line at
Tennessee Street, and 3 to 10 feet of flooding was possible with Arabi
receiving some degree of rising water.

St. Bernard Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness say the parish's
two shelters at Chalmette High and St. Bernard High are heavily
damaged because of the flooding. OEP director Larry Ingargiola said Chalmette High shelter is losing its roof, and St. Bernard High has several broken windows. There are estimates of more than 300 refugees at the two sites. "We cannot see the tops of the levees, " Ingargiola said.

At noon, most of the parish has no power and widespread flooding is
reported. Phone services are severely hampered.

At 12:30 p.m., Chalmette's Gibb Drive and community reportedly has water over the roofs of some houses, driving residents to their rooftops.

Teams of emergency teams are available from Louisiana to Florida. FEMA (Federal Emergency Agency) officials are standing by as needed to access damage on the ground. President Bush has declared states of emergency in Louisiana and Mississippi to accelerate the emergency response.

At 2 p.m., communications into the New Orleans/St. Bernard area are
little to none because of power and downed communications equipment and massive calls into state.

At 2:30 p.m., the National Guard Armory became submerged

[LibSnubber]

"Praying for your family. I hope you hear from them really soon."

Thank you very much. Right now I'm fearing the worst for a couple of them. I truly appreciate your compassion.

[cyborg]

YOU made the comment. I am not flaming you for pointing out your ridiculous statement.

[SE Mom]

K- just checking...keep your eyes and ears open:)

Let us know when you hear from your family...keeping them in prayers...

[Babsig]

thanks

[BurbankKarl]

Search and rescue in Jefferson Parish

Monday, 3:55 p.m.

Jefferson Parish authorities were headed to the Lincolnshire subdivision in Marrerro, where there have been calls for rescue for people trapped by flood waters.

Power lines and trees are down across the parish, and flooding is widespread, officials said. A number of buildings, including the parish's Juvenile Justice Center in Harvey, have been damaged, but officials don't yet know to what extent.

At this point, one official said, it's not so much an assessment of damage that parish emergency crews are after. It's a search and rescue mission.

[CajunConservative]

Part of the problem is being able to get to those hardest hit areas. We will see more of the Dome or NO area because those are accessable at the moment.