It wiped out a few towns, created a killer storm, and sterilized part of one continent.
By the steering oar stood the master, old and battered, a proud vessel listing in a killer storm.
The killer storm had passed them by, and they could start to breathe again.
November gales have been a bane of the Great Lakes, with at least 25 killer storms striking the region since 1847.
But right now, the trouble is that all this wonderful new magic is bringing killer storms down on our own heads.
As global temperatures rise, are killer storms like Katrina a growing threat?
"Must've gotten caught in one of those killer storms," McCoy mused.
Some days they endured a bitter wind and light snow, but the trees gave shelter and no real killer storm had come seeking them.
Many people said they just could not believe that a killer storm was on the way.
Clearly a major killer storm that had already devastated parts of South Florida, it prompted the largest evacuation of the city to date.