News Update

I don't like doing "news" updates: if you want to know the news, check the newspaper! This blog is for great stories that are all about ME. Right?

But I'm reasonably certain that some family member will notice that some news outlet posted that Rehovot had a rocket alert over Shabbos, and rather than combing the papers to confirm that there was no damage/injuries from the alleged Rehovot rocket, they'll ask me about it. Because you guys love me.

And I love you, too.

So.

No, there was no rocket alert in Rehovot over Shabbos. There were 381 rocket alerts for all of Israel from Shabbat through 11:10am on Sunday, but none of them were in Rehovot.

The reason that reasonably reliable news sources reported Rehovot rocket alerts is that there were rocket alerts in small towns/suburbs near Rehovot, so news outlets took the easy route and rather than precisely listing tons of dots on the map, they slightly less precisely listed one larger dot on the map.

To see what area of Israel heard a rocket siren when, I highly recommend checking Home Front Command: https://www.oref.org.il/11096-en/Pakar.aspx. 

Since this blog is all about ME, I hereby state that Rehovot's emergency code is "השפלה 182".

There. News update.