The National Hurricane Center issued a statement on August 23 (Day 1)saying that a tropical depression had formed over the southeastern Bahamas.
The numbering of this system was debated, as Tropical Depression Twelve formed partially out of the remnants of T.D. 10. The naming and numbering rules at the NHC require a system to keep the same identity if it dies then regenerates, which would have normally caused this storm to remain numbered Ten. However, the NHC gave this storm a new number because a second disturbance merged with the remains of Tropical Depression Ten on August 20, and there is no way to tell whether the remnants of T.D. Ten should be credited with this storm.
The system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina on the morning of August 24 (Day 2). Katrina became the fourth hurricane of the 2005 season on August 25 and made landfall later that day around 6:30 p.m. between Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach, Florida. In South Florida, Katrina dumped up to 18 inches of rain, caused 14 deaths and over 1.45 million customers were left without power for up to 8 days.
Katrina spent only a few hours over southern Florida, and soon regained hurricane strength after emerging into the Gulf of Mexico. Combined with its slow movement and the extremely warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina rapidly intensified. It became a major hurricane on August 27 (Day 5) and attained Category 5 status on the morning of August 28 (Day 6) with 175 mph (280 km/h) sustained winds and a minimum pressure of 902 mbar. This made Katrina the fourth most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, surpassing Hurricane Camille of the 1969 season, which was the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the United States. Katrina spent all of August 28 at Category 5 status despite some weakening, but by the early morning of August 29 (Day 7) had declined to a very powerful Category 4 storm.
Katrina proved difficult to forecast, as the models earlier showed widely-varying landfall locations and intensities as soon as it re-entered the Gulf of Mexico, though the hurricane path prediction narrowed to the area around New Orleans. A slight deviation in the hurricane's path to the east early on August 29 (Day 7) avoided a direct hit on the city of New Orleans, sparing it the worst damage from the storm.
Katrina made its second landfall as a strong Category 4 hurricane near Buras, Louisiana with 140 mph (235 km/h) winds, and a third, final landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Pearlington, Mississippi with 125 mph (200 km/h) winds after crossing Breton Sound. Massive damage occurred in southern Alabama and along the Mississippi coast, and tornadoes were reported in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.
Despite the fact that New Orleans escaped the worst damage from the storm, two levees along Lake Pontchartrain ultimately were breached by storm surge. One of the breaches was over 100 yards (100 m) long. About 80% of the city was flooded, some by as much as 25 ft (7 m) of water, and the damage estimates will easily top Hurricane Andrew as the costliest hurricane in American history.
So far, seven fatalities have been reported in southern Florida. Two of the deaths were from falling trees, one man crashed into a tree, one person died when their boat capsized, one when waves battered their boat, and one man was found floating in the water around Florida City. A family of five out over the southwestern coast of Florida was suspected dead, but found later alive and rescued by the Coast Guard. [13] So far, 854 people have been confirmed dead, with about 650 of them in Louisiana and most of the rest in Mississippi. Additional casualties have been confirmed in Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky. Once damage totals come in, Katrina will be the costliest hurricane in U.S. history, with damage totals expected to reach as high as $200 billion.
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As of 4 pm, Rita is a category 5 storm with 165-mph winds, located 300 miles west of Key West, Florida. Rita is moving west at 12 mph, and will move out into the central Gulf over the next 24-48 hours. Yet another one for the record books. This is the first time in recorded history that two Cat 5 Hurricanes have developed in the Gulf of Mexico in the same year.
Posted by: Jeff Ragovin | September 21, 2005 at 05:13 PM
articleA jewish defector warns America
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=110
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=164334
Hurricane hero helps 60 victims to safety
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.628062.0.hurricane_hero_helps_60_victims_to_safety.php
How can we help Katrina victims?
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Post photos of looters here , as many as ye got.
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228528
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228528&page=16
MUST SEE VIDEOS, ZOG vs. Whites in New Orleans
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232301
White Genocide In New Orleans
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228729
5 year old girl had been raped by two or three guys
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=229653
Mike Brown took the blame, but Chertoff was the real dud
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231818
"How do you shoot at people who are trying to save your lives?"
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230172
White Prisoner Saves Victims
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230848
New Orleans Announces Martial Law
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228054
Cops looting
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232343
Why Have You Non White Nationalists Joined?
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=225233
Mexican Troops Invade U.S. For Hurricane Aid Fully Armed!
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230705
Bush’s Negligence Destroyed New Orleans
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228518
Looter Relocation Program: New from FEMA!!
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230385
Things learned from watching the TV
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233533
Media Covers Up Anarchy
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=228693
Stories Spiked By Media
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Ungrateful Katrina Refugees
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231443
List of Countries offering Aid to the United States.
PANAMA: 120,000 pounds of bananas for hurricane victims
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=229920
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BBC Video! White British girls
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230484
Cops Demand Sex From Whites In N.O. When Denied, They Refused To Help
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Jewish Synagogue Paid with Federal Funds - No "Separation of Synagogue and State"
by Mark Farrell
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232220
White teacher terrorized and school does nothing
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233319
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White Community: Helping the Forgotten Victims of Katrina
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=229831
New Orleans myths: The numbers tell a different story
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4797
Troops Back From Iraq Find Another War Zone
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Posted by: http | September 24, 2005 at 10:59 AM
I was checking out Katrina blogs and found yours. A wealth of information. Thanks.
If you are interested, we set up two small blogs. The first has connections to Methodist and Presbyterian sites, with photos taken of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The second is just starting but hopes to connect churches together in a non-denominational rebuilding effort.
Tom
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http://katrina-response.blogspot.com/
and
http://churchtochurch.blogspot.com/
Posted by: hurricanehelper | September 24, 2005 at 01:03 PM
What a great idea. I wish you the best and our prayers are with you.
Posted by: Bruce from www.Storms411.com | September 24, 2005 at 09:25 PM
hey this is lisa here i am sorry for the people that had to go through with the hurricane but i will keep ya in my prayes and hope that all of you are ok
Posted by: lisa | May 24, 2006 at 06:49 PM
Katrina victims of Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) flooding may be owed compensation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its failure to appropriately maintain the MRGO. If you are one of the thousands of Louisiana residents whose property was located in the following Louisiana zip codes: 70129, 70117, 70092, 70085, 70075, 70043, and 70032, and you filed SF Form 95 claims with the Army Corps of Engineers on or before August 29, 2007, this site has lots of valuable information: http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/MRGO-Flood-Lawsuit
Posted by: Cynthia | December 07, 2009 at 07:24 PM