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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Don Kunz / The Bulletin
December 10, 2006
Off the coast of Biloxi, Miss., in November the Gulf of Mexico is flat, gray and empty. Although it is sunny and in the 70s, no one walks the beach, and few shrimp boats dot the horizon. Twisted metal signs advertising the Waffle House or the Bicycle Club brood over vacant lots.
On the beach, a....