mapping On Mother’s Day, Find Out Where Those Flowers Came From May 4, 2015 / April 13, 2015 by Adam DuVander | 1 Comment on On Mother’s Day, Find Out Where Those Flowers Came From It may sound unappreciative to go Dutch when celebrating Mother’s Day. In reality, it’s hard to do otherwise. While picking up the check at brunch is compulsory, those flowers you bought have a good chance of coming from The Netherlands, also known as Holland (and whose people are Dutch—it’s confusing). No other country exports more […] Read more »
mapping Where are the Largest Power Plants in the US? April 27, 2015 / April 11, 2015 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment If you think the alternative fueling stations in the US are a varied group of substances, the different ways we produce electricity are an even bigger group. There are 24 different types of power plants amongst the largest 2,500 power plants in the United States mapped below. Unlike gas for vehicles, there is not an […] Read more »
mapping 100 Years of Deadly Earthquakes Mapped April 20, 2015 / April 18, 2015 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment 80 years ago, on April 20, 1935, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan. Over 12,000 people were injured and another 3,270 died. It was the first of three major quakes that year and the most deadly in Taiwan’s history. On a worldwide scale, it’s solidly in the top 100 earthquakes by death toll since 1900, […] Read more »