SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) -- When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, many evacuees came to the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry to seek safety.

Many of them never left.

Jeremy Davis and Clay Johnson are the bandleaders of the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. They are familiar faces to many locals who love their music. Both hail from Louisiana and, in the days, weeks and years after Katrina, they chose Savannah as their permanent home.

Davis said the time leading up to the hurricane's landfall was surreal.

"Getting on the interstate in this sea of humanity, of people fleeing from the Gulf Coast, coming north, and then we're just kind of going all the way to the coast. It was a really crazy day for sure."

Johnson and his family didn't leave ahead of Katrina. They stayed in Baton Rouge, no

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