Rotting Wood, Rampant Mold Threaten Homes

Rotting Wood, Rampant Mold Threaten Homes: "New Orleans residents who return to their soggy homes and businesses this week are in for some rude lessons in physics and biology, experts say.

Lesson one will focus on the surprising amount of damage that floodwaters can wreak very quickly upon wood-frame buildings. Lesson two will be an equally difficult tutorial in the astonishing versatility of mold and other fungi, which are poised to enjoy a major population explosion in the steamy microbial incubator that was once the Big Easy."