Hardware store purchases offer a gauge of how the post-Katrina rebuilding is going (The State)

Hardware store purchases offer a gauge of how the post-Katrina rebuilding is going (The State)
CHALMETTE, La. ? 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.