On Fri Oct-27-2017 18:48, Mike Powell (1:2320/107) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
   >Yeah.  Despite the description of him I read somewhere, he was well-liked by   
   >us when we were teenagers and beyond and although I never met him, he   
   >appeared to be very personable.   
      
    MP> I actually thought he was already dead.  I was surprised to hear he   
    MP> had just died.  During the newscast (PBS Newshour) they did mention   
    MP> that there were rumors that he had died during Katrina, so maybe   
    MP> that is why I thought he was no longer with us.   
      
   This article may help:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino#Domino_and_Hurricane_Katrina   
      
   I was directly in Katrina's path, so Sunday morning, the day before it made   
   landfall, I was on my way to Texas.  175 MPH sustained winds near the eyewall   
   with gusts up to 215 MPH scared me away.  I'd been through many a hurricane,   
   but nothing of that magnitude.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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