Talk:Windward Islands

message: Ivan and Frances made landfall here. --Patricknoddy 13:13, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Go ahead and fix it.--Mike18xx 17:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

text: If the text AND the image are BOTH in error, then both should be fixed. For the time being, remove the pic, or find a suitable government/public-domain mag image and photoshop in a red box as you deem approrpiate, upload & etc.--Mike18xx 23:54, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurricanes 

message: Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in the Windwards?  Definitely not.  Guettarda 14:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers for posting that, I'm forever reverting editors who add them to this article.  Justin talk 13:14, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Another source too the U.S. Library of Congress: "Caribbean Islands -- Chapter 4. The Windward Islands and Barbados" -- "Despite its nineteenth-century ties to the Windward Islands, Barbados differed from its neighbors in several ways. Barbados lies east of the Windwards and is characterized by lowlands, plains, and rolling hills rather than the mountainous terrain of the Windwards. The island also followed a distinct historical path. Barbados was regarded as the most British nation in the Commonwealth Caribbean, a reflection undoubtedly of the uncontested control exercised by the British from 1625 until the granting of independence in 1966. The economic base was different from most of the Windward nations also; tourism had replaced agriculture as the primary foreign exchange earner by the 1970s. Barbados was also distinguished from its neighbors by the maintenance of a standing army. Barbados' political structure, however, was identical to that found in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. " CaribDigita (talk) 20:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

text: So, would it be a good idea if someone clarified this map? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LesserAntillesIslands.pngSophosmoros (talk) 15:24, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados? 

message: I don't understand how the Terminology fits the physical reality of northeasterly trade winds, and posted a question about that at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#Windward Islands and trade winds. — Sebastian 21:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: Currently, before any amendments, the entry states:
The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the West Indies blow east to west..
On the face of it, this purported explanation appears to be inconsistent with the Wikipedia entry for Trade Winds and incorrect. It also fails to give a satisfactory explanation of the name Windward Islands and the corresponding name Leeward Islands. Look at the accompanying map. One sees an archipelago in the shape of a crescent, stretching from north to south. The northern half of the crescent is no more easterly than the southern half. So if the trade winds in this zone did blow from the east, they would hit the northerly and the southerly half of the crescent equally, and at the same time, would they not?
The fact of the matter is surely that whilst the Trade Winds blow in general from the east, in the northern hemisphere they blow from the east-north-east (ENE); and in the southern hemisphere they blow from the east-south-east (ESE). Only on the equator do they blow from the east.
In that case, the northern half of the crescent, the  Windward Islands, would receive the Trade Winds before the Southern half, the Leeward Islands.
I am therefore changing the entry accordingly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.187.25.55 (talk) 16:00, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Name and geography

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 16:00, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Windward Islands →  – There are 2 groups of islands called Windward; one is in the Caribbean and the other is part of French Polynesia. Georgia guy (talk) 14:59, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 October 2023