[abb]

This old Katrina vet passed on earlier this summer.

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_fadb0c12-4fd2-11e7-afc6-23e7969840c6.html

Walter Maestri, who spent a decade as the public face of Jefferson Parish during hurricane seasons but saw his name permanently associated with the controversial decision to evacuate pump station operators during Hurricane Katrina, died Monday. He was 73.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for the update. I see died of ALS.