unknown odor!

Fulfilling the ancient prophesy that for every quirky web service there shall one day be a Google Maps (Local?) implementation, there is now a way to fritter away your afternoon watching to see where emergencies rearing their ugly heads. For a long time, the City of Seattle has provided real-time listings of 911 incidents [#]. While that was compelling on its own, something about visualizing all of the problem sites on a map with cute little icons to tell whether the case is open or closed makes it all the more watchable. By mashing up data from the city fire department and realscanner.com, Seattle 911, while a lot less funny than Reno 911, is still a fun way to pretend like you have your own little situation room on your desktop.