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December 5, 2006

Louisiana parish staggers back to life after Katrina

  • What people are buying at a Home Depot store provides a gauge of how the community's rebuilding efforts are coming along.

    • CHALMETTE, La. (AP) — Five-gallon buckets of paint and primer are stacked high near the entrance of The Home Depot, occupying a spot once packed with the pressure washers and bleach that were needed to get rid of the mold, mildew and muck left by Hurricane Katrina.

    For a community once swamped by up to 20 feet of water, it is a small but significant sign that life is moving on, one drywall panel and floor tile at a time.


     
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