Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Commission Findings, Regulatory Oversight

A look back at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Hurricane Zeta gains strength

Severe weather threatens Florida's Gulf coast

For those who live along the Gulf Coast, the water is the region’s lifeblood, the source of what sustains us. The Gulf of Mexico is a calm sea. The waves that lap its shores are not like the bigger swells you see along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Indeed, the Alabama coast is not known for its surfing. But for a select few - like Austin Maynard - surfing has changed their life and connected them to the water. If the surf scene in Alabama is about anything, it’s about camaraderie – about bein