A few sparks hope to ignite rebuilding of New Orleans homes - MarketWatch

A few sparks hope to ignite rebuilding of New Orleans homes - MarketWatch:

"In some New Orleans neighborhoods there's a surreal image of a stray chicken or two roaming free, displaced animals among the wreckage. Gutted homes and the occasional toppled-over structure are commonplace; some thoroughfares are lined with shells of businesses crippled by the water and wind.
From the look of the badly flooded areas, it seems the devastation might have occurred only days ago when in fact it has been more than 15 months since Hurricane Katrina combined with levee failures to deluge parts of this city and devastate some of its neighborhoods. Unlucky areas were inundated with more than 10 feet of water; others escaped with minor flooding."