Hurricane Katrina destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, threw at least a million people out of work, disrupted supply lines for businesses and brought misery to untold numbers. Will it also put an end to the housing boom?
Former New Orleans residents poured into Baton Rouge last week, along with workers who expect to help with the rebuilding effort along the Gulf Coast, the local housing market, which up until now has plodded along at a stable pace, suddenly experienced the kind of activity that has been associated with New York, Miami or Silicon Valley. Investors are even.... 
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