What Is The Most Heavily Bombed Place In The World?
Friday, October 23, 2009
What Is The Most Heavily Bombed Place In The World?In his report on his visit to Israel, Philip Jacobson notes that:
On a parched strip of the Israeli/Palestinian border, a dustbowl frontier town has a unique boast: per head of population, it is the most heavily bombed in the world. [emphasis added]
The city, of course, is Sderot.
Jacobson reviews the rules for staying alive in that city:1. I am not to fasten my seat belt. This is the only place in Israel where seat belts are forbidden. Buckling up prevents drivers and their passengers getting out of a vehicle quickly.
2. I am not to play my car radio. It may drown out the warnings.
3. I am not to have a shower if there is nobody else in the house to hear the alarms. Last month, a woman who ignored this rule was washing her hair when she was blown off her feet.
4. Be extra vigilant when it’s misty. It can confuse the laser-activated warning systems.
- Aggie