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

[Coldwater Creek]

Exactly!! Mississippi voters did not want casino on their land.

[spectre]

Yes, the Casino's in MS are built out on Barges, because it's against the law to gamble on land.. You'd never know it, from the looks of the structures.

But the Casino Hotels are built on land.

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[nina0113]

Someone was reporting that most of the casinos are built on barges, to float? He sounded pretty smart about it. Wondering if it's true.

That's what (MS Gov. - R) Haley Barbour was saying yesterday - it had been the law up until this year. He was worried they might break free of their chains and get blown into town.

[oceanview]

thats what I will take away from this if NO is spared - the models that predict this armadgeddon scenario for NO, in reailty, can't occur, or if they can, the odds are fantastic.

it would be a hoot if the best forecaster for this storm, is "Sam", the guy that Shep Smith interviewed in the Daquiri Bar on bourbon street.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks


Worst part for NO still to come when the wind comes around from the north over Lake Pontchartrain which is when the levee's will be tested big time!

[knittnmom]

Perhaps people could drive the storm with prayer.

Prayers have been going up steadily since, I think, about Friday.

[mhking]

Same kind of laws in Indiana and Illinois. The casinos themselves are on boats, but the hotel facilities are on land -- but it is difficult to tell.

[EBH]

Prayers to you and yours.

[KC Burke]

Due to the original legal requirements, the actaul gaming floors are built on huge barge-structure floors so that gaming is "on the water". Often these floors float inside a fixed wall and roof strucutre, but sometimes that whole thing floats. some of these are so large that you don't feel any movement during even a normal storm.

However, they can rise in a storm surge, rip connective links, tear a wall out of the surrounding strucutre, and do all sorts of damge.

[Peach]

I can't stop watching a storm either, but something could fly through one of your windows so fast, you wouldn't have time to react. Sit far away and look out! LOL

[WestCoastGal]

"Evidently, the folks in nursing homes were left to fend for themselves. "

What?? That's absolutely horrible, what is wrong with them?

[SlowBoat407]

Yes, the Casino's in MS are built out on Barges, because it's against the law to gamble on land.

So they'd rather gamble on the weather and the sea.

[mware]

An hour to hour 1/2 before the north winds hit NO.

[McGruff]

Stay safe!

[Carolinamom]

All that glass in your house is worrying me about your safety. Get in your laundry room and/or closet to escape even the possibility of being hurt..........PLEASE.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Landrieu has a solution for future storms. Invest plenty of federal dollars in the area. She said it 3 times during the interview.

[CindyDawg]

He was worried they might break free of their chains and get blown into town.

Nope. No gambling on land:') Yall in the vicinity take care. Praying for you.

[Coldwater Creek]

What town?????

[CobaltBlue]

"Pumps failed" could mean that they're pumping against the water.

There are pumps all over the city, most pump into Lake Pontchartrain, if the lake is high then the pumps can't move the water out.

[jslade]

What happens if the roof fails, what will happen to the people inside?""

If not dead, they'll all retain lawyers.