Oil spill takes boom out of holiday weekend
Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 02:07
in Earth & Climate
Gulf beaches are bare and businesses are empty on what is usually one of the busiest weekends of the year. Alabama's Dauphin Island and Bayou La Batre have canceled fireworks displays. The sun was shining, the waves were inviting, and the sand was soft, but Cassie Cox gazed forlornly Saturday at row upon row of unrented, still-furled beach umbrellas on what is usually...