I'm used to that sound passing by and rarely hear it at first. After a few minutes of steady thumping, however, it will penetrate my consciousness, and something inside my head says, "Hey, why is that helicopter hovering over head?"
A half hour later, the reason may be on the news. Broadcast from the Thumping chopper.
But sometimes it's just sirens. I live a couple blocks from about 39 hospitals, near downtown. Sirens are a part of life, and I ignore them as they zip on by. But after a constant drone, or multiple vehicles in several minutes, I get the sense something is going on.
That's when I turn to Seattle's Real Time 911 Dispatch.
Choose the Today button for a live update of where Seattle's fire and aid units are being dispatched. It includes the unit number, type, and address. You can also enter a different day, if you want older data.The site automatically updates every 60 seconds. You can just leave your browser window open and know where Seattle's firefighters and EMTs are headed.
2 comments:
That is cool, I live here in NC and there is not anything like that here. I spent a while working as a communications officer so I know what it is like updating the call log. It would be cool if every town had that. Keep people from calling asking what is going on.
I WISH there was something like that here! Even the newspapers don't report on car accidents unless 4 cars or more were involved, or someone died, or something so we're always left wondering.
But...it's really not that exciting here. Just cows doing naughty things as you drive by farms.
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