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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