It’s Man-Made
November 10th, 2009
Believe it or not there are islands in the world that have been man made. By dumping tons of natural materials in the waters, countries have decided that they can raise their own islands. Amazing! For example, a smaller example, in Chicago they made the 91 acre Northerly Island. In their failed bid to get [...]
Maldives Going For Wind Power
November 5th, 2009
Even though the islands of the Maldives are in threat of possibly being 100% under water within a hundred years, they still plan to try and set a high level of presence when it comes to alternative sources of power. They want to become the world’s first carbon neutral country. This is large in part [...]
Rough Times On Some Islands
November 3rd, 2009
Take a look at this article. As tough times seem to continue to plague much of the world, these rough times are carried off the mainland and onto some islands and resorts. Puerto Rico has a 16.4% unemployment rate, lots higher than the rate in the US. Once the tough times started to hit here [...]
Swine Flu Hitting The Islands
November 1st, 2009
Well, unless you have hidden yourself in a closet for a year or so, you have heard of the swine flu. This was to be the flu to end all flu’s. This year’s flu season looks like it could possibly be a bad one with the swine flu adding itself to the list of flu’s’ [...]