MISSISSIPPI, NEW ORLEANS LA. (WCBI) “It was shocking.” said Desiree Krieger, Moved to Columbus due to Katrina. “We knew it was going to happen eventually, but we did not think that it was going to happen in our lifetime. ”

“We had a lot of friends that lost houses and they mostly get flooded, and it was a pretty traumatic experience overall.” said Colin Krieger, Moved to Columbus due to Katrina.

Colin and Desiree Krieger had just gotten married, and were living on the coast when Hurricane Katrina hit 20 years ago.

“It is still traumatic thinking about it today, we do not like watching the documentaries, and we had some friends we lost from the coast.” said Krieger. “One of my best friends who did evacuate, I met him on the side of the highway near Meridian, he happened to call me becaus

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