Weather & Space News Blog
 since Feb. 2003
 WX - Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
 The Wire - Name once given to the telegraph

Mayor: Thousands May Be Dead In New Orleans: Gov. Orders New Orleans Abandoned; Navy ships en route as crisis deepens for mostly-flooded city | Live Updates: WWL-TV 4, New Orleans and NOLA.com/Times-Picayune | Messages from Katrina survivors and ’searching for’ forum … Thousands of evacuees to go from Superdome to Astrodome | Mayor: It could take months to get residents home | New Orleans Mayor “very upset” that attempt to fix the breach in the levee at the 17th Street canal failed, said the challenges that the city is facing have “escalated to another level.” | Rescuers struggle to reach Katrina survivors: Death toll expected to be in the hundreds | 3 die inside hot, leaking Superdome arena shelter: rising water means site needs evacuation … Mississippi Search-And-Rescue Effort continues amid death toll above 100, debris and big damage … Louisiana governor calls for prayer

Help Storm Victims: Salvation Army | FEMA | American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | Catholic Charities

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. New Orleans 2. Mobile 3. Nashville 4. Toronto 5. Jackson … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Governor Evacuates Flooded New Orleans; 100 Dead In Miss.: Rescuers pushed aside the dead to reach the living in a race against time and rising waters … Broken levees fix fails after water pours from Lake Pontchartrain into streets of New Orleans — now almost completely flooded. Estimated 3,000 rooftop rescues by Tuesday; Death toll at 100 in one Miss. county … Updates from WWL-TV 4, New Orleans and NOLA.com Weblog … N.O. Mayor: Hundreds, if not thousands, of people may still be stuck on roofs, in attics | Dozens die at Biloxi, Miss., beach apartment | Mayor of Biloxi: “This is our tsunami” | Looting begins | At least 40,000 homes reportedly flooded in St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans | Almost 3 million without power, 900,000 in Miss. | Katrina’s storm total rainfall amounts through 1 p.m. Tuesday

Entire New Orleans neighborhoods are under water up to rooflines; Downtown Mobile is flooded; boats have crashed into buildings; A shelter to thousands, Superdome suffers damage; Major roof damage reported in Gulfport, Miss.; Storm surge recorded at 22 feet in Bay St. Louis; Power to downtown New Orleans may not be restored for months. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their loved ones…

Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds at 6:10 a.m. Monday CDT near Buras, Miss. [map], and again as a Cat. 3 with 125 mph winds at 10 a.m. CDT on the La./Miss. border.

Weather/Webcam Images: Credit: GOES 12 Satellite, NASA, NOAA. Katrina on Sunday. Large version, details

Excellent MSNBC image slideshow (Opens new window) 2 | Miami images | Real-time & archived satellite imagery | Storm radar | Regional radar | NWS radar, loop, 24 hr. storm precipitation totals | hurricane tracker | Current watches/warnings map | New Orleans weather/cams | Mobile | Jackson | Birmingham | Memphis | Nashville | Other cities | More images in the red box (right) and in the post below…

TV Stations Taken Off Air … From Biloxi: “WLOX-TV 13 has suffered roof damage due to the high winds of Hurricane Katrina. Some parts of the building have one foot of standing water due to the leaking roof.” … But, it later resumes broadcasting … From Mobile: “WPMI NBC 15 is temporarily off the air. We were broadcasting on generator power, but a lightning hit took us off the air.”

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. New Orleans 2. Mobile 3. Jackson 4. Birmingham 5. Atlanta … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall: Katrina comes ashore at 6:10 a.m. CDT near Grande Isle, La. Superdome roof ripped as Katrina slams New Orleans | Other damage reports | First-ever mandatory evacuation | Coverage from MSNBC WDSU Nola.com Al.com USA Today Latest stories | NHC: Katrina, a Cat. 4 with 140 mph maximum sustained winds is expected to bring a storm surge 18 to 22 feet above normal and local storm surge flooding as high as 28 feet and 5-10 inches of rain/isolated 15 inches. The worst is expected east of New Orleans into Mississippi and Alabama | Detailed text warnings Images: NWS radar, loop, storm precip. 1 & 2 | Satellite | loop | IR satellite | loop | Interactive | hurricane tracker | Watches/warnings map & zoom | Webcams: NOLA Parade Cam | Quarter Cam | River Cam | New Orleans weather/cams | Mobile | Jackson | Other cities

Streaming Video Of Live Coverage: WWL-TV 4, New Orleans stream … direct link to player | WSDU-TV 6, New Orleans … direct link | WLOX-TV 13, Biloxi, MS stream | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile, AL stream | WKRG-TV 5, Mobile, AL stream | WJTV-TV 12, Jackson, MS stream | Weather Plus WTVJ-TV 6, Miami | Subscription Video Feeds: HurricaneNow.com | Hurricane LiveNet.com … Thanks Jerry Slegh of Prairie City, IA | Near-Live Reports: AccuWeather | Weather.com | Live Audio: WTIX-AM 690, New Orleans | WPMI-AM 710, Mobile | WJBO-AM 1150, Baton Rouge, LA | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet)

Help Storm Victims: FEMA | American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army

Track Katrina: Katrina’s forecast track, track models, and advisory (latest data/images also in red box) | Interactive tracker | Local weather observations: NO, Biloxi, Mobile

NOAA Satellite Images: From 6:45 p.m. CDT Sunday and 5:45 a.m. CDT Monday. Links to large, live versions…

Other Images: New Orleans traffic info and cams | WWL-TV 4 traffic cams | Viewer images from S. Florida

Blog Coverage: WKRG-TV 5, Mobile storm watch blog | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile weather blog | WMBB-TV 13 storm blog | CapitalWeather.com | Central Florida Hurricane Center | Weather.com Blog | Hurricanetrack.com | Moreweather.com | WX-MAN’s Perspective | WeatherBlog | Report for WeatherBug Backyard | Message Boards: Eastern U.S. Weather Forum | TalkWeather.com | Storm2K | Weather.com Forum

Dire warning posted on the National Weather Service warnings page Sunday morning.

School, Other Closings In La., Ala.: From WDSU-TV 6 and WWL-TV 4 school closings and other cancellations. These links are also posted in our New Orleans page (lower right column) | WKRG-TV 5, Mobile closings | WMBB-TV 13, Mobile closings | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile closings

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. New Orleans 2. Mobile 3. Panama City 4. Shreveport 5. Lafayette … and on Saturday: 1. New Orleans 2. Key West 3. Mobile 4. Miami 5. Dallas/Fort Worth … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Katrina To Strike As Major Hurricane, Takes Aim At New Orleans: Bush declares state of emergency for La., Coast evacuates | Coverage from Nola.com, Al.com and MSNBC | Hurricane Katrina, now a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds, is expected to strengthen to a Cat. 4 or possibly a 5 with winds above 155 mph by the time it hits the Gulf Coast somewhere in or just east of the New Orleans area by early Monday. A direct hit on New Orleans would almost certainly bring a storm surge of 15 to 18 feet and catastrophic damage… | New Orleans nervously watches Katrina’s progress | Katrina’s forecast track and track models | Warnings map | Latest stories | Viewer images from S. Florida | New Orleans weather/webcam images

Floridians wait for food after storm hits

Sighs of relief in Homestead despite major flooding from Katrina

Help Storm Victims: American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | FEMA | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army

Weather Channel’s emotional climate

Space News: It’s Mars Hoax Day!

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Get your 3D glasses out … 3D International Space Station

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Key West 2. Miami 3. Cape Coral/Ft. Myers 4. Tampa 5. Orlando … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Flooding, Damage As Katrina Slams S. Florida: South Florida cleans up after Katrina; 6 confirmed dead (Many resources/images inside story, including interactive hurricane tracker): Widespread flooding and storm damage reported. The National Hurricane Center calls it a “significant heavy rainfall event.” | WTVJ-TV 6 live video stream | Submit/view images of Katrina | MSNBC coverage | Storm total precipitation | Radar | Warnings | Track | Latest stories | More below and in red box

Live Streaming Video: WTVJ-TV 6, Miami (NBC) video stream and NBC Weather Plus stream (look for Weather Plus icon) | WFOR-TV, Miami (CBS) | Weather Plus: WESH-TV 2, Orlando | Live Audio: WIOD-AM 610, Miami | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet) | Latest Data: Map of weather watches and warnings, latest data and track, which shows that Katrina is expected to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico, hitting the Gulf Coast — likely somewhere between Louisiana and Florida’s Panhandle — as a major hurricane by Monday. Get the latest updated info and images in the red box to the right…

Live Images: Storm total precipitation through 5:34 p.m. EDT Friday (links to large, updated image):

Other Live Images: NWS S. Florida radar, zoom … animated loop and storm total precipitation | Intellicast storm radar summary | Wunderground regional radar | Visible satellite and loop | IR satellite and loop | Interactive satellite image and hurricane tracker | 24-hour rainfall amounts | Weather/webcams for Miami, West Palm Beach, Cape Coral/Ft. Myers, Key West, and Panhandle. Other cities here

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Miami 2. West Palm Beach 3. Orlando 4. Key West 5. Tampa … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall; Flooding Biggest Threat: 2 dead as Hurricane Katrina slams S. Florida with 80 mph winds, leaves more than a million customers without power (Many resources and images inside story, including interactive hurricane tracker) | MSNBC story … 11 p.m. EDT Thur. Update: Katrina, now 20 miles NW of Homestead, made landfall at about 7 p.m. EDT between Hallandale Beach and N. Miami Beach as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph maximum sustained winds. Port Everglades reported wind gusts to 92 mph. Katrina is moving southwest at 8 mph (Latest data in red box). | Latest Katrina news

Live Streaming Video: WTVJ-TV 6, Miami (NBC) video stream and NBC Weather Plus stream (look for Weather Plus icon) | WFOR-TV, Miami (CBS) | WPBF-TV 25, West Palm Beach | Weather Plus: WESH-TV 2, Orlando | Live Audio: WIOD-AM 610, Miami | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet) | Latest Data: Map of weather watches and warnings, latest data and track, which shows that this is expected to redevelop into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, affecting the Gulf Coast — likely Florida’s Panhandle — by early Monday. Get the latest updated info and images in the red box to the right…

Live Images: NWS S. Florida radar … animated loop and storm total precipitation | Intellicast storm radar summary | Wunderground regional radar | Visible satellite and loop | IR satellite and loop | Interactive satellite image and hurricane tracker | 24-hour rainfall amounts | Weather/webcams for Miami, West Palm Beach, Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Orlando/C. Fla., Tampa, Key West, and the Panhandle . Other cities here

Blog Coverage: Central Florida Hurricane Center | CapitalWeather.com | Hurricanetrack.com | Moreweather.com | WX-MAN’s Perspective | WeatherBlog | Report for WeatherBug Backyard | Message Boards: Eastern U.S. Weather Forum | TalkWeather.com | Storm2K | Weather.com Forum

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Other Weather News: Sweltering late-summer heat and the loss of key transmission lines Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for an hour at a time, officials said. Full story

Big storms, heavy rain prompts flash flood warnings in southeastern Kansas overnight

Heavy rains cause havoc in southern Arizona

Europe struggles amid flood chaos

Weather forecasts being improved with added data

57 survive plane crash in Peruvian jungle believed to be caused by wind shear

New study ranks Canadian weather winners

Minor earthquake reported in western N.C. … Quake wire in left column of this page

Nice aurora image at SpaceWeather.com

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Miami 2. West Palm Beach 3. Orlando 4. Kansas City 5. Wichita … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tropical Storm Katrina heads for Florida: Meteorologists say Katrina could become a hurricane by landfall and it could dump a foot of rain or more in South Florida. | Storm has Florida on hurricane watch: Landfall expected late Thursday in southern part of state | WeatherBug Backyard sets up place to send Katrina stories

Other Weather News: Tropical storm Jose hits Mexico, loses power

President OKs disaster aid for tornado damage in Wyo.

Funnel cloud forms near Kennedy Space Center (Image, video inside)

New radar system developed to monitor space weather

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Tucson 3. Atlanta 4. Phoenix 5. Charlotte … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tropical Storm Jose Forms Off Coast Of Mexico: Reuters story | Latest advisory and 3-day forecast track map … More details are in the red box to the right.

Other Weather News: Mexican insurers: Hurricane Emily claims total U.S.$200 million in Mexico

Better technology credited with fewer tornado deaths | Death toll still low from tornadoes

Wright, Wyo. sits in ‘black hole’ of Doppler radar coverage

Withering in the drought: Lack of rain erodes profits in lawn, garden, agriculture industries

Pilot ignored weather warnings, says report

Space News: Aurora alert issued after sunspot 798 explosions

Quake News: Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes Rome, coastal towns … The quake wire is in the left column of this page.

PS. Happy Birthday to my wife! I love you!

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Atlanta 2. Oklahoma City 3. Dallas/Fort Worth 4. Orlando 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Wisconsin tornado damage estimate climbs to $21 million in Dane County

Cleanup continues after two tornadoes hit parts of southwestern Ontario

Large tropical wave near Africa could build

Lightning strikes leave 19,000 in Michigan without power

Tornadoes, flash floods hit Northeast Ohio

Storms bring fresh flooding concerns to Colorado

Mt. St. Helens quakes

Space News: Shuttle back home after California detour

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Boston 2. Los Angeles 3. Dallas/Fort Worth 4. Toronto 5. Oklahoma City … and on Saturday: 1. Toronto 2. Cleveland 3. Chicago 4. Oklahoma City 5. Pittsburgh … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Severe storms are moving across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky this afternoon, affecting Columbus and Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Louisville. Get the latest watches and warnings, and weather/webcams for your city

Kansas storms knock out power, leave trail of damage | Wicked weather hits Kansas

Storms leave Illinois State Fair without power

Ontario endures severe storms, tornado warnings

Wisconsin, hit by nearly 20 tornadoes, starts cleanup

Inspector accused of soliciting bribes after Hurricane Ivan

Tsunami-notification woes discussed: Report details response to a quake off the Oregon Coast in June

Space News: Space shuttle heads home to Florida: Discovery making cross-country trip aboard a modified 747

Sunspot 798’s getting bigger

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Toronto 2. Kansas City 3. Indianapolis 4. Buffalo 5. Vancouver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.