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

[SunnySide]

yep I think they're on the water like most river boat casinos. Something to do with legalities of no gambling "on land" so they put the casino on the water

[oblomov]

And if it starts to move off the interstate, they'll just nudge it back in place with their trucks!

[CobaltBlue]

The worst case scenario has never actually happened in New Orleans -- yet -- despite the fact that we've been recording history in the area since the French settled in the area three hundred years ago.

I hypothesize that all the marshland/swampland acts pretty much like dry land in breaking up the storms as they get close. So a storm would have to remain over water to really inundate the area -- come in through the Rigolets and the lakes.

If this storm jogs to the west after coming a bit more north, that would be bad for the Parish of Orleans.

But Plaquemines and Slidell are going to be flooded.

[Peach]

Be careful and stay away from the windows.

[dawn53]

Evidently, the folks in nursing homes were left to fend for themselves. Some relatives were coming in to stay with them. Somebody yesterday said that in one nursing home, one nurse was left to look after all the residents.

They just probably didn't get enough liquid. Maybe were on IV bags and there was nobody to restart them, who knows.

What I can't imagine is a city who doesn't have evac plans for all their nursing homes.

[Types_with_Fist]

He ought to come in.

Yes. The worst of it is coming in. Where are you, btw? I forget.

[Admin Moderator]

Both of you - cool it..

Thanks.

[theophilusscribe]

And Landrieu is on FnF right now saying how awesome the pumps are. Does she not know they're not working?

[Northern Yankee]

Oh my goodness.

Take care, and God speed.

Prayers sent your way!

[WorkingClassFilth]

Concentrate on the storm then. Good breeding isn't showing in your pedigree either.

[bray]

Oh, I thought you were offended by the Shark Abuse!

Pray for W and New Orleans

[knittnmom]

Perhaps the mayor hasn't heard the adage: "It's easier to gain forgiveness than permission."

[CobaltBlue]

Which pumps? There are about fourteen of the big ones . . . .

[mware]

dawn, I think that someone who saw that post called into Coast to Coast early this morning.

They mentioned people left in nursing homes with very little supervision.

[SE Mom]

Sending prayers your way...

[LadyBuzz]

too funny - she also said the Mayor & Gov are doing a fine job - if this had gone the other way - it would have been Bush's fault like she told Chrissy Matthews last night on Hardball

[gopwinsin04]

Windows now breaking on different floors of the Hyatt.

[Cvengr]

From a 3m Discus Buoy Station 42040 - MOBILE SOUTH 64 nm South of Dauphin Island, AL

47.2ft wave heights

MM DD TIME(CDT)
08 29 4:50 am

WDIR WSPDkts GSTkts WVHTft DPDsec APDsec MWD PRESin PTDYin
SE 54.4 68.0 47.2 14 10.7 WSW 28.92 -0.21

ATMP°F WTMP°F DEWP°F SAL VISmi TIDEft
79.2 84.2 78.4 - - -

[cajungirl]

Trying, but it is mesmerizing. House is all windows and alittle wood in between. The wind comes in gusts. It is stronger than I thought it would be at times. Power blinking.

[GOP_Proud]

Yup...it has to do with the law allowing "riverboat" gambling. They load passengers, go on a trip for awhile and come back. It's the law. They have to be moving.