GULFPORT, Miss. — Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina took the 20-year-old office building that housed Ship Island Excursions, destroying it in no time.
Three years later, Hurricane Gustav took the trailer brought in to replace the office.
Now, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill threatens the very survival of the company that has sustained four generations of the Skrmetta family here, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
"It could ruin our business," says co-owner Louis Skrmetta, 54, who's seen his income — from ferrying vacationers between the Mississippi coast and a pristine white sand island beach 11 miles into the Gulf — dive by 60% since oil started spilling into the Gulf of Mexico three weeks ago.
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