Hurricane Ida: Minnesotans Mobilize To Help As Storm Batters South

CBS Minnesota

August 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday on the exact date Hurricane Katrina devastated a large part of the Gulf Coast 16 years ago.

Sandra Feist is a Minnesota state representative from New Brighton who lived in New Orleans in 2005. Two days before Katrina made landfall, Feist joined the line of cars leaving the New Orleans area. She was headed for Arkansas.

“I just remember sitting in the theater and watching this really dumb movie and wondering if my home had been destroyed,” Feist said. “It’s a very unsettling experience at the time.”

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