Friday Filler
After a recent storm, some waterfront residents found that a 2 acre island had been washed ashore in their back-yards.
How did this happen?
What kind of equipment did they use to relocate the island back offshore?
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An oversized Tom Sawyer raft?
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Were there slot machines on that island?
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#4Not a man-made island
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#5Nope
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I have been to lakes in the Northeast that have "floating" islands made of peat. Basically they are huge mats of Sphagnum moss that have other plants growing on them and are not attached to the bottom of the lake. They can even move around in stiff winds. Is this anything like what you are asking about?
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Would they have been living in Peru?
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#8Don's on the right track
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#9Answer *LINK*
Island Pond, near Springfield MA has a 10,000 square foot wooded "floating Island".
When the island washed ashore after a recent storm, it was moved back into the middle of the pond with winches and cables.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/29/officials_tow_floating_island_back_to_middle_of_pond/?p1=MEWell_Pos5