Good to hear that he made it okay. I believe it was still a Cat 1 all the way up where he lives, though he may have been west of the main storm.

Cessna 185 Amphib. We spent 6.2 hours flying at between 500 and 1,000 ft. The tension of prolongues low-altitude flying his bad enough on a good day, but combine that with the present circumstances, and I'm a whupped puppy. But Old Charter was begun the healing process. And my kids made me laugh and my wife made me smile and they fixed me a supper.

Oh yeah, we also landed on the Mississippi River for a break. And we landed at Galiano for fuel. Galiano was like freaking O'Hare! They're the nearest Jet A and Avgas to NOLA from the west. So the two people who run the pumps and credit cards were hopping like jumping beans. We were unable to raise DeRidder to close our flight plan because nobody west of Houma had contact with them, the VOR's weren't working and the cell phones don't work and land lines are unreliable. Fortunately we were on the ground at Galiano, our flight plan destination, when they called to check on us. They were real nice about it. We rarely let flight plans expire (once in 6 years I've been right seat), so that dependability might be worth something to them.

I saw a hell of a fine looking airplane today, a Pilatus. I think it's of Swiss manufacture. Great lines.

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