A little geography/history of the CV Islands - just for fun.

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A little geography/history of the CV Islands - just for fun.

#1 Postby Ixolib » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:44 am

Even though the CV Islands are often our point of reference for initializing mid- to late-season tropical cyclones, the folks who live there have suffered a long-time drought that has, among other things, put them $97M in the hole. Bet they know a thing or two about the dreaded SAL!

Plus a whole bunch of other interesting facts...
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cv.html
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