Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin conceded that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. At this hour, people are still filing into the Superdome after security screening for weapons and contraband. National Guard have brought in 360,000 MRE (meals ready to eat) to feed the estimated 30,000 storm refugees in the Superdome.

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

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 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

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:

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

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

[Txsleuth]

I'm all for keeping this a hurricane thread...but, like a poster mentioned, LIVE threads that are dealing with high stress levels tend to end up with recipe talk...

Therefore, to me, it is comforting to see the recipe talk...it would make me MORE nervous if it weren't here..

JMHO, of course.

[bonfire]

No problem. :)

[pax_et_bonum]

As long as it is not canned!!!! :o)

It's not canned, but it freezes well!

It's absolutely de-lish!

[small voice in the wilderness]

LOL! You should've included a recipe! That's where you went wrong!

[Admin Moderator]

I might just do that.

[Artemis Webb]

If I had to make a choice between a good (cooked) fudge and scotch I suspect my brain would lock up for all time. :o)

[MikefromOhio]

no problem :)

Now with that, I am going to hit the sack.

Prayer for all those in the path and those who will be affected. God Grant them strength.


Out.

[two23]

"Shep seemed very depressed in the last live report I saw from him"

I don't think he was sent there to report. I got the impression this afternoon, that he may have been there on a weekend vacation. I came in late on his first report earlier in the day, but saw most of it. Yes, he looked concerned.

[Black Tooth]

Thanks for that.

[Revel]

"what happened to the easternuswx forum?"

They have locked it down for non members. Here is the message there:


"I had to take some drastic measures this evening. Guests viewing is temporarly disabled and we are approving new accounts as quickly as we can.
The issue with the server is very odd and I suspect this might once again be from the "outside". There is no reason for our CPU load to be spiking like it is from time to time with the amount of users we have online (often times it was working fine with the same number of users) I have also disabled a number of board features so if you see something "missing" or not updating don't fear, it will return when things calm down. I will keep everyone posted."

[Gabz]

Those of us who have been doing these storm threads for a number of years have gotten into habits - and we all know old habits die hard.

[apackof2]

I wish I could feed my WMP to my television in the bedroom.

I don't have a TV in my bedroom or else I wouldn't go to bed..I would be watching Fox coverage

[mabelkitty]

Last night when we were watching this, it picked up strength during the eye reformation and then formed a perfect eye. That was around 11 maybe? It went to category 4 by 2 a.m. and was a 5 by 7:00 a.m.

There was hope another eye reformation would occur in the next 18 hours (when everyone thought this would hit on Monday at 10:00).

It did everything out of the ordinary.

[Real Cynic No More]

The cinnamon toast is better if the sugar/cinnamon mixture is put on buttered bread, then the bread with the butter/sugar/cinnamon is broiled just under the broiler in the oven.

[GOP_Proud]

Accuweather just said 6am.
Bastardi said 9 am to 3 pm Monday is critical time.

[bonfire]

Thanks for the info. Did Shep go to the Superdome? Thought he was staying in the French Quarter?

[cajungirl]

LOL!

[Maigrey]

I would, but I work second shift. Instead, I'll be donating $$$ and linens/towels to the Salvation Army.

[mhking]

Jefferson Parish EOC presser -- announcing that tropical storm force winds are being felt in Jefferson Parish. They are locking everything down and stopping police/fire/911 services until after the storm passes.

[pax_et_bonum]

Don't forget the heavy cream.

But that would be fattening!

;-)