And Never the Twain Shall Meet

The Wal-Mart store in uptown New Orleans,
built within the last year, survived the storm but was destroyed by looters.

If the store had not been looted, it could be open in
two weeks, Stonaker said. Now he doubts it will be open by January.

"They’ll have to gut it and start over," he said.

"They took everything _ all the electronics, the food, the bikes," said
John Stonaker, a Wal-Mart security officer. "People left their old
clothes on the floor when they took new ones.The only thing left are
the country-and-western CDs. You can still get a Shania Twain album."

from the
Associated Press