Traditionally, real estate in New York City has been recession proof, unless the property happens to be a tiny island with an unfortunate name that is prone to flooding during high tide. The historic Rat Island fetched a measly $160,000 at auction, which is $105,000 less than what the city assessed its property value at.
Welcome to Rat Island. No, not the one in Alaska that was named for its infestation of actual rodents, the one off the coast of City Island that referred to prisoners on the lam as “rats.” Read more »
Although Alaska is certainly a beautiful state teeming with scenic mountain ranges, diverse wildlife, and charming oil fields you might want to consider steering way clear of Rat Island. Located at the far end of the Aleutian islands where Sarah Palin can see Russia from, a crew of 18 was dispatched to kill off populations of Norway rats that have overrun the place for the past 200 years. And for good reason, those things fuck like rabbits: “One mating pair typically has four to six litters a year with six to 12 young in each.” Poison pellets will coat the island to kill off the vermin that hitched a ride on a Japanese ship that ran aground back in the 18th century and essentially colonized it, feasting off the bird eggs. The plan is to use helicopters to dispatch a toxin the size of “dog-good chunks” that will cause the rats to bleed to death in an effort to save all the dwindling populations of bird species the nasty Black Plague enablers have been feasting on—that’s assuming of course they don’t all die too. |ADN|
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