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3. Heartbreaking.

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 01:43 PM

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For first time in 300 years, no one is living on Barbuda [View all] jpak Sep 2017 OP

OMG, this is just so sad. lark Sep 2017 #1

No, that's the total population DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #2

You meant Barbuda. nt marybourg Sep 2017 #14

Right DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #23

I looked up Barbuda on Wikipedia... SummerSnow Sep 2017 #4

that's the total population of Barbuda and Antigua together barbtries Sep 2017 #6

Thanks for the clarification. lark Sep 2017 #7

Minimal damage. nt marybourg Sep 2017 #15

Heartbreaking. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #3

given that global warming is no hoax, barbtries Sep 2017 #5

As time goes on and the effects of global warming grow worse... Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #8

300 years?? Wow. Eurocentric much?? malchickiwick Sep 2017 #9

I thought that, too obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #11

It's a small island in what was a sparsely populated world. marybourg Sep 2017 #17

I think the way to understand the article is this. Igel Sep 2017 #26

Thanks, but I'll stick with my original explanation: Eurocentrism malchickiwick Sep 2017 #28

Small island paleotn Sep 2017 #19

Baruda's population pre Irma & Jose was approx. 1,800 obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #10

"illegal Spanish immigrants" -- nicely stated. malchickiwick Sep 2017 #21

Yes, climate change made Harvey and Irma worse melm00se Sep 2017 #12

Severe Hurricanes are a "Liberal Myth" ThoughtCriminal Sep 2017 #13

It will be interesting for scientist to study how the natural BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #16

Antigua and Barbuda are an independent state. procon Sep 2017 #18

Silly people! Don't you know Barbuda was all a Chinese hoax? tclambert Sep 2017 #25

I, for one, had never even heard of the place. robbob Sep 2017 #27

the indigenous people lived there for thousands of years cntrfthrs Sep 2017 #29