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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.
Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.
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
Images:
New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait
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:
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
| 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 |
"Jerry Rivers on Fox now!"
Oh please! Not Jerry!
That is why I never watch Fox tabloid entertainment.
I know, but if they didn't do it and people started shooting each other in there, could get real ugly. However, I think if they planned all along to search they should have allowed them to begin going in yesterday or at least get them out of the rain and let them line up just inside the doors.
Aww, ya gotta love Geraldo!
This is his normal Sunday night slot, he is not in NO, and this program was promo'd as early as last night.
All it's going to take is for some trees to blow into the Interstate or signs to come down and cause a wreck and the 5mph evacuation will become an immobile parking lot in the storm's path.
It looks like the world's biggest bellybutton...
imagine if when all the ferries came into lower manhattan on 9-11, that the people who had to evacuate manhattan had to line up and be frisked before boarding.
Agree totally.
I never got over the rumble noise, everytime I hear that I jump, even though I'm not in California anymore. :)
But I guess if I had to be stuck on the road in a car, or in my house, I'd rather be in my house when the storm hit.
I saw a live photo of the highways about a half hour ago...unbelievable.
They said many of them are getting off the interstate and trying to find shelters in the adjacent towns.
(I think they were interviewing a Red Cross director when I heard that info.)
Wikipedia isn't exactly etched in stone.
Ole Hickory said we could take em by surprise
If we held our fire til we looked em in the eyes
We held our fire til we seed their faces swell
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and
Really gave em hell
I'll never forgive Whorealdo for that...my hubby was in Iraq at that time...un-f'n-believable!
Recon plane is inbound to the storm, we should have some vortex data soon.
LOL--glad you got the answers--can you point me to them?
Yah-Zoo...like it's next door to Fargo...lol
Actually they have quite a number of doctors and staff there
as it was set up as a special needs shelter before being
opened up to the public, according to New Orleans tv.
Quote "Sure hope there is a supply of "crack" at the Superdome. Wouldn't want to be there when the addicts run out."
Extremely prejudice statement there. Don't deny it either.
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