Andrew Sage

And, you know, as we speak, I'm hearing helicopters overhead.

And...

It's really a reminder of the times that we are living in.

Last night, there were quite a few stealth helicopters flying overhead, quite close to the ground.

About three of them.

Wow.

All the lights were off.

So it seems to be a ramping up, an escalation in some ways, or just a continuation of the existing military presence.

Jeez.

And as we're talking about military presence in the US, which is something that I spoke about on this podcast before, if you go and check it out, we're here to discuss the very recent history, positive and negative, of my northern neighbor, Grenada.

So I don't want to bog anyone down with too many facts, but it's important to get an idea of the context.

So Grenada is the southernmost in the grouping of Caribbean islands known as the Wynwood Islands.

It's a country composed of Grenada the island and a few smaller islands, including Carriacou and Petit Martinique.

It's long been considered the Spice Isle, as the hilly mainland was and still is home to a lot of nutmeg plantations.

They currently have a predominantly African population of just over 117,000, sharing a country merely 344 km2, or 133 square miles.

For reference, the five boroughs of New York City collectively make up 778.18 km2, or 300.46 square miles.

So...

Grenada is small.

You know, New York is big, but Grenada is also quite small.

You know, for reference, it's slightly larger than Queens, but far less populated and far less dense.