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August 10, 2004
Fun With Maps
Followed a link from a post at the Volokh Conspiracy about a bogus privacy scandal as reported in the NYTimes, and found this interesting Census Bureau site. I've been playing around with the search & map function, and found all kinds of fun stuff about Arkansas.....like the largest Lithuanian population in the state is around Mtn. Home. Logical, since most of Mtn. Home's population are retirees from the Chicago area.
Curiously, the largest concentration of persons of Arab descent is in Jefferson County, county seat Pine Bluff. You know what's in the Pine Bluff area, doncha? Paper mills, a large state prison....and the Pine Bluff Arsenal. There's a whole bunch of biological weapons stored there, among other things.
Curious.
Posted by Rita at August 10, 2004 07:44 PM
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That's where they've been destroying our stocks of VX and such too. The Army built a few incinerators especially for the safe destruction of nerve gas out in the hills on the reservation there.
The neighbors raised hell a few years ago when the Army shipped a couple hundred tons of the stuff in by rail and it was in all the papers.
Posted by: Mike S at August 10, 2004 07:50 PM
Yeah, I remember that. Folks down there were having a hissy fit.
The Arsenal has a website too. One of the things listed on their homepage is the different warning sirens for the different chemicals that might be released in an accident.
Yet another reason to eschew the Delta.
Posted by: rita at August 10, 2004 07:55 PM
Holy crap!
Posted by: Jim at August 11, 2004 08:00 AM
Like the Lithuanians in Baxter County, there may be a perfectly logical explanation for the concentration of Arabs there. I'm not familiar enough with the area to know. I try to avoid Pine Bluff. It smells bad (b/c of the paper mills) and it's spooky b/c of all the highway signs telling you not to pick up hitchhikers, as they could be escapees from the state pen.
Posted by: rita at August 11, 2004 08:08 AM