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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James C. McKinley Jr. and Thayer Evans / The Bulletin
September 21, 2008
HOUSTON — Kimberly Sykes finally threw out the gumbo she had made the night Hurricane Ike slammed this city. For a week, she and seven others in her family had eaten it by candlelight, trying to keep it cool during the day with what ice they could scrounge up.
But when a fetid smell....