Knoxville-based CEO talks about clean-up efforts after Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

Knoxville-based CEO talks about clean-up efforts after Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

Phillips Inc., formerly known as Phillips & Jordan, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2005 to help clean up debris following the storm.

Gulf Coast Business Council President and CEO Jamie Miller discusses the Coast’s comeback after Hurricane Katrina - WXXV News 25

As former Governor Haley Barbour said here on WXXV Monday, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005 it was like an atomic weapon went off in the Mississippi Sound. It’s been a long and winding road to recovery over the past two decades. With the 20th anniversary of Katrina coming up Friday, WXXV News 25’s Dave Elliott Spoke with Jamie Miller, president and CEO of the Gulf Coast Business Council, about the Coast’s comeback. C…