For those who aren't happy unless they know someone else is miserable, there's good news in the form of the Global Trouble Alert Map, which aggregates in real-time over 50 types of misfortune and disaster ranging in relative scariness from minor earthquakes to forest fires to plague outbreaks. There are USA-only maps, Europe-only, and Hungary maps (which is where the website originates). Clicking on the icons gives a zoomed-in Google Maps view along with newswire info on the incident. Fascinating. (via Metafilter)
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