That's EXACTLY what they would be doing Funky, that and preching about the evils of the oil company and how they will boycott them etc whilst all driving F350s (that's right 3 5 0).
This happens to be exactly where I lived when in the States (the first beach to be shown when the first reports hit our tv screens was on Dauphin Island which was one of my two local kiting spots).

2010 is set to be one for the record books, unfortunately it's for the wrong reasons.

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