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

[Admin Moderator]

After moderating this huricane stuff, I'm not sure. Admin Moderator, what's your take?

[Enchante]

Question about "storm surge" -- does anyone know if this is really sudden, like a Tsunami, or is it a more gradual increase in flooding? i.e., is it going to wipe out just about anything in its path that's not incredibly well-built, or is most of the water damage more gradual, over days and weeks?

[Gabz]

I thought the reference to hurricanes and Virginia would wake you up - I see I was wrong.

Start your own non-recipe thread if you don't like the way this one is managed.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Someone needs to remind them that 98 members of the Senate voted against Kyoto... when Clinton was in office.

Gosh why would a solid fact stand in their way. They live and breathe stupidity.

[JediForce]

LOL ..love the tagline...love that Bugs too!

Bless our fellow Americans in their time of trouble.

Hope for the best...it moves to the West.

JEDI.

(would I throw a match in there if my pal Mugsy was inside?)

[TypeZoNegative]

Meanwhile, France is surrendering to the remnants of the hurricane as we speak.

[NautiNurse]

I lost WWL too. Ominous.

[NonValueAdded]

Mom, see post #529 for up-to-date alternates

[mabelkitty]

Now, now.
That's what the menfolk said.
At first.
But they hung around and learned more about weepy brides than they thought was possible.

[CT]

Is there a thread with Freepers reporting on the storm in the affected areas?

[Windcatcher]

"Looks like i picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue."

GACK! Now I'm going to have that movie running through my head for the rest of the night! :^)

[PhiKapMom]

I have a whole list of ingredients from tonight now -- we are going to help the economy thanks to this thread! :)

[battlegearboat]

"I'm in Alaska."

Wanna help? Send ice!

[pollyannaish]

How cool is this. There's two of you here.

Our very own FreeNational Guard. Thanks for doing a great job.

More prayers for those who are facing a very long twenty-four hours.

[cyborg]

I hope you're right. The coverage is getting a bit 'weird' esp. now Whore-aldo is on the scene!

[NonValueAdded]

'twas planned, they were getting out of Dodge.

[HighWheeler]

Can't you two put ID tags in your tag line? You know, so we know who is doing the jabber-whacking here?

[CFC__VRWC]

High tide's right around the approximate landfall time too - only about a foot and a half rise there, but that could still be critical. They just can't catch any kind of break. Of course, if the surge hits 30 ft, the tide's kind of a moot point.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks!

[Gabz]

I'm telling your wife.