While Brett Favre was in Green Bay preparing for a preseason game in 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast and destroyed Brett's childhood home in Kiln, Miss., leaving his mother and grandfather to "[ride] out the storm in the attic," according to ESPN.
"We'd figured (the phones would go out,) but when I didn't hear from them for two days, I was concerned," Brett told People, "I was just worried, with each passing minute, an hour, and before I knew it, it was Tuesday. My mom found a (TV news) van and asked if she could make a call. It was the first time I had heard from anyone down there. I wasn't even able to get in touch with my wife, who was much more inland, until late Tuesday night."
Deanna Favre, an hour away from Kiln in Hattiesburg, Miss., said that although there was some damage to their property, she and his two daughters were safe. True to form, Deanna, months removed her battle with cancer, had opened the Favre home to 50 or so relatives and friends to wait out the devastation.
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