Hurricane Katrina evacuees recall leaving home and why they stayed in San Antonio 20 years later

Twenty years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast.

More than 100,000 evacuees took refuge in Texas. Tens of thousands of those evacuees came to San Antonio.

Rodney Boisley and Angela Williams undoubtedly remember the day Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

“The power lines were under water. No rooftops, no nothing,” Boisley said. “It was right in the middle of the gulf. So, I was like, just, you know, in my mind, I was, like, ‘Nobody’s alive.’ Whoever’s in the house is dead. 100%.”

“The wind was so strong it would like literally move your car over and other people’s cars and the kids are screaming,” Williams said. “It was a nightmare.”

Boisley and Williams said they lost their homes and everything they held dear.

Boisley had to stay in Ne