Stacey Bruno still remembers the long drive from New Orleans to Minneapolis that she and her family made 20 years ago, just one day before Hurricane Katrina hit.
“We didn’t know if we were going to come back, and we didn’t bring much,” says Stacey, now 46. “We had nothing but the clothes on our backs and what fit in our suitcases.”
At the time, Stacey was 26 and living with her husband Harold, 31, and their two children — Tiara, 8, and Harold Jr., 6. At first, they thought about staying home to wait out the storm. But growing worries made them decide to leave for Minneapolis, where Stacey’s parents lived…