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Title: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: mountainclmbr on July 12, 2007, 09:09:32 AM

Interesting map of recent events. The map updates every 360 seconds and has information on listed events. A lot is going on in the Phillipines that is not making the news here.

http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: K Frame on July 12, 2007, 09:10:27 AM

Why is there a high alert icon right over my desk?

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: mountainclmbr on July 12, 2007, 09:25:41 AM

I would move the desk a little.

Reminds me of something that happened when I used to work on missile design. The safety dept for the company I worked for were reevaluating the site safety plans and found that my desk (right in the corner against the outside wall) was just inside the blast radius of a Patriot missile warhead storage bunker. They moved a filing cabinet there (so no one could stand in that spot) and moved my desk about 4 feet to the right. But you could park your car or walk much closer to the storage bunker than where my desk was. I felt much better knowing that any accidental explosion would have a blast that stopped right at the filing cabinet!

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 12, 2007, 09:27:09 AM

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The map updates every 360 seconds

Now why couldn't they just say "Updates every 6 minutes"?  Jeez...

Brad

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: Manedwolf on July 12, 2007, 10:06:00 AM

I had no idea whatsoever that there were that many "suspicious object" evacuations.

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: Bogie on July 12, 2007, 11:37:55 AM

That's because here in the US, if someone leaves a package or a backpack sitting, and wanders off, someone just steals it...
 

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: crt360 on July 12, 2007, 03:07:25 PM

Quote from: Bogie on July 12, 2007, 10:37:55 AM

That's because here in the US, if someone leaves a package or a backpack sitting, and wanders off, someone just steals it...
 

Isn't that the truth.

If you filled a cardboard box with stuff that looked like explosives, wrote "BOMB" on the outside and left it on the sidewalk around here, there's a very good chance someone would walk off with it before it was reported to the police (especially if it had visible copper wiring).  You couldn't even hide it in a trash can.  Someone would dig it out and haul it away in their personal shopping cart.

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: Sergeant Bob on July 12, 2007, 03:16:31 PM

Quote from: Bogie on July 12, 2007, 10:37:55 AM

That's because here in the US, if someone leaves a package or a backpack sitting, and wanders off, someone just steals it...
 

In the P.I. its said that thieves there can steal your radio and leave the music.

Title: Re: Terrorist and Suspicious Activity Map
Post by: Cromlech on July 13, 2007, 08:26:05 AM

Lol there is a Radiation warning sign over Niger (Kidnapped Uranium plant worker).