an island is a surprise itself. another month or two from now, we might have debris watch up on madagascar, which is a much bigger island further to the west, or maybe even the east coast of south africa. as the debris is coming around that gyre, as they pointed out, this this is just ha tiny speck of an island to have anything wash up. you agree, it s not necessarily a bat sign that they haven t found so far anything else? no, i don t think it s bad at all. i question whether the suitcase is part of this investigation or not. i think we were a little excited. some people when they saw it, but it would have drifted at a much different rate than the flanneren. a lot of people have suggested these two pieces of supposed debris, the flaperon and suitcase very different. it would be a huge coincidence if they both wound up at the same spot. that s why a lot of people are