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<p>Dick MacDonald of Prince Edward Island, Canada suns on the beach near oil spill cleanup work in Orange Beach, Ala., on Nov. 9.</p>

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Snowbirds head to the Gulf
November 29, 2010 8 p.m.

Snowbirds head to the Gulf

Region hopes for post-spill boom from retirees

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - For all the oil spill claims and cleanup work by BP, retirees from the North may be the best survival bet for some Gulf Coast resort towns this winter.