For islands, as we have discussed before, they can be very vulnerable to many types of weather events. For example, hurricanes can literally level and wipe out a small island. Cyclones can bear down on them and flood them out within a day. The miracles now for many of the residents are advanced warning systems [...]

Can you believe it? You could buy your own island. In the news lately has been the country of Greece. Many experts are calling for them to sell off their assets in order to help their ailing country cover their debts. So what are their biggest assets that could handle such a request? -Islands. The [...]

Usually islands tend to be pretty small. Now there are some much larger islands with huge populations like Japan, but for the small islands, they are not short of talent when it comes to sports. Now you may not see that many representatives from islands at the winter Olympics due to the warm climates there, [...]

People really have a fascination with the TV show ‘Lost’. It seems that anytime there is a show about people being stranded on a long lost island, they just love it. There of course tends to be that romantic side of things, as we have said before. But if you have ever experienced something like [...]

How many people out there just love great fish and other types of seafood? Well, if you are an island go-er or think that some day you may end up living on an island, then you may find that if you are in doubt over how much seafood you can eat, then you may end [...]

Islands in certain regions have been plagued by earthquakes on and off shore. Off shore earthquakes can sometimes be just as deadly due to their potential of unleashing huge tsunamis. These massive waves of water can do damage several miles inland. So even if you are inland quite a bit, you still may need to [...]

There are many archipelago island chains all over the world today. Many islands still have active volcanos on them. Closer to home, such as Hawaii, they still have lots of activity on certain islands from the volcanic activity on them. Imagine looking out your back door and not only seeing a mountain side, but a [...]