The last post (Sept. 2nd, Fumio Demura) mentioned Long Beach, Mississippi and the Junior High gymnasium. At the beginning of my karate career I attended several training camps in this area, including Mobile, Alabama. And also a tournament in New Orleans, Louisiana.
After I finished the last post, I searched for information about how the town has been affected by Hurricane Katrina. I hope the school weathered Monday night’s hurricane, but I suspect it didn’t. Follow this link to an article written about what a meteorologist and his crew saw as they watched the storm move into the coastal town of Long Beach, Mississippi.