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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by 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
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 |
There is one of the best fine art photography shops in New Orleans. Wonderful images, stuff that you see in books all the time.
My understanding is that it is pretty sudden. That might be mitigated somewhat by the levees. Unless they break, then it'll be unimaginable, I'd guess.
Oh No.... They've Cloned........
Somehow I think Beer is involved with you two..
That and the fact I've been at this almost 15 Hours now. And umm, no alcohol for me though.
Plus, we like hanging out with you all now and then. Good PR, right?
Don't know. I just know all large venues have them like hospitals, institutional facilities, and public saftey agencies. (A lot of your more sensitive industries have them as well.) Water level is probably something they may have not planned on, but you never know.
I do know, from what I have heard, that there are a lot of hazardous materials stored above ground that are at risk. Hazardous Materials people are going to be busy when this is over...
<< To: Admin Moderator
You're watching too, huh?
495 posted on 08/28/2005 11:01:03 PM CDT by Admin Moderator >>
Ok, now I've seen it all. This is only the 2nd time in 7 years I've seen the mod talking to himself/herself. You're either going crazy or you're 2 different people. ;-)
Good luck and God Bless to all in the path of the storm. I'll be waking up early to see what happens. Good nite!
based on this....looks like winds about 40 mph in New Orleans:
http://www.nola.com/paradecam/index.ssf?video
Yes. They shut down and transfered over to a studio on a campus in BR. A couple of college kids who sounded like they were broadcasting from inside a tin can took over. I closed my window, just couldn't take that tinny sound.
Is the campus broadcast off the air, too, now?
Saltwater pools make their own chlorine continuously, so you don't have chlorine levels going through the roof on one day and running out on another. You have just the right levels all the time to keep the water clean. They are very easy to maintain -and it's true the water smalls better, and feels much better on the skin than that in traditional chlorinated pools.
Just as an example, look here:
http://www.clearwater-usa.com/
FOTFLOL!
ACK....now there's THREE of you?
The New Orleans crew, yes but the coverage was supposed to switch to the crew who set up at LSU in Baton Rouge.
When Camille hit Bay St Louis, MS one of the local preachers took his family into his church. The entire family was found drowned in the steeple.
Nope, you got the girls tonight.
LOLOL - that was funny. Welcome to the way to deal with a hurricane.
hmmm...this may be a good time for me to sneak away for a nap...
In case you all are not reading the Freeper Check-In thread, Spiff has a great map he's making, keeping up with where the Freepers who are in the path of this storm are:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472358/posts?page=267#267
LOL!
BOUY Update
Station 42040 - MOBILE SOUTH 64 nm South of Dauphin Island, AL
Conditions at 42040 as of
(8:50 pm PDT on 08/28/2005)
0350 GMT on 08/29/2005:
Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 90 deg true )
Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 40.8 kts
Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 52.4 kts
Wave Height Wave Height (WVHT): 31.5 ft
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