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...Once the coral reefs of the Caribbean all shimmered with life. Herds of iridescent parrotfish darted through forests of branching corals. Spiny lobsters lurked in crevices, while squid, spooked by shadows, dissolved into clouds of ink. But now many of these bustling underwater habitats are taking a beating--and the tropical storms that tore through the region in recent weeks are the least of their problems. "Reefs are tough," observes Clive Wilkinson, a biologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. "You can hammer them with cyclones, and they'll bounce right back. What they can't bounce back from...
DIED. JAMES WHITMAN MCLAMORE, 70, co-founder of Burger King, who helped develop the Whopper; of cancer; in Coral Gables, Florida...
...pulled into Coral Bay's little harbor at dusk, we knew right away it was Buffetville. No other charter boats in sight. As we weaved our way around other vessels searching for good anchorage, we noticed animals scampering around some of the boats...
Skinny's roof was an old mainsail. The owners--two buddies from New Jersey and Massachusetts who moved down a decade or two ago--put the sail to better use than the members of the Coral Bay Yacht Club. Those people aren't sailing anywhere for a while...
...jeep, we found Coral Bay by land. We had a burger and another of those Ben and Jerry popsicles. We watched some more of the olympics...