Having recently covered popular baby names I thought it would be interesting to write a post about popular street names. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking – after a dozen posts he’s already run out of ideas. Seriously, a Map Monday post about street names? How many brain cells can… Read more“Map Monday, Most popular street name by state”
Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US
This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the first wartime use of a nuclear bomb. On Monday 6 August at 8:15 am the Enola Gay, a B-29 commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima Japan. Only about two pounds of the 141 pounds of U-235 (Enriched Uranium)… Read more“Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US”
Map Monday, The most common 2nd language by state
Spanish is the most common 2nd language spoken in most of the US. What’s the next most common language? As you might expect government, businesses and advocacy groups want to answer to this question. Where there’s interest there’s data and this being a Map Monday post, that translates into a… Read more“Map Monday, The most common 2nd language by state”