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Yellow Dust Website Now Restricted To Non-Military Personal
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Milwaukiedave



Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:55 am    Post subject: Yellow Dust Website Now Restricted To Non-Military Personal Reply with quote

It looks like the military has now made the yellow dust website off limits to non-military personal. When you go to the page, it asks you to log on to see the webpage. It's too bad because this was very useful info.
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any guess as to why?
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nahanni



Joined: 21 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Huge bummer.

Site was having minor technical problems over the last couple weeks.

I'm hoping it is temporary....But likely not.

Anywhere else you can get up-to-date info?
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moosehead



Joined: 05 May 2007

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
Any guess as to why?


probably run by a military connected satellite/weather op

someone could have been hacking it - chinese have been hacking a lot lately - maybe they don't like the yellow dust being blamed on them ?
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a better site.

http://eng.airkorea.or.kr/
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PigeonFart



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't say it's better, it's good but it just deals with general pollution.

The Army one was specifically for 'Yellow Sand' which was quite useful...i hope it becomes accessable again.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/asi/asi_02_02.jsp
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superacidjax



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

One reason (unofficially, of course) is that the site has some tactical usefulness and the rhetoric from the North has been ratcheting up significantly in response to an alleged movement of a MDL marker in the DMZ. Restricting the site has something to do with who has been accessing it..

As to the tactical significance of restricting the site, I really, truly have no idea why they'd want to restrict it. The information, while handy, isn't all that critical for targeting or ops planning. But those squirrels in MI seem to restrict and classify things all the time without any particular rhyme or reason.

That's all unofficial of course. I'm just guessing. I don't really know anything at all about the situation. Certainly have no experience in that area. And the above theories should, in no way, be construed as the official view of the United States or South Korean government. It's simply a fictional account.

Wink
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PigeonFart wrote:
I wouldn't say it's better, it's good but it just deals with general pollution.

The Army one was specifically for 'Yellow Sand' which was quite useful...i hope it becomes accessable again.


It is better because because it tracks general polution and 'Yellow Sand'. Razz
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Dodgy Al



Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one is da bomb:

http://www-cfors.nies.go.jp/~cfors/dust/dust_gpv.html
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dodgy Al wrote:
This one is da bomb:

http://www-cfors.nies.go.jp/~cfors/dust/dust_gpv.html

This weekend is gonna suck!
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justaguy



Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

superacidjax wrote:
One reason (unofficially, of course) is that the site has some tactical usefulness and the rhetoric from the North has been ratcheting up significantly in response to an alleged movement of a MDL marker in the DMZ. Restricting the site has something to do with who has been accessing it..

As to the tactical significance of restricting the site, I really, truly have no idea why they'd want to restrict it. The information, while handy, isn't all that critical for targeting or ops planning. But those squirrels in MI seem to restrict and classify things all the time without any particular rhyme or reason.

That's all unofficial of course. I'm just guessing. I don't really know anything at all about the situation. Certainly have no experience in that area. And the above theories should, in no way, be construed as the official view of the United States or South Korean government. It's simply a fictional account.

Wink


I doubt their stats anyway. Do you really think the army would want to tell the soldiers just how filthy the air they work and exercise in really is?
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DrOctagon



Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

justaguy wrote:
superacidjax wrote:
One reason (unofficially, of course) is that the site has some tactical usefulness and the rhetoric from the North has been ratcheting up significantly in response to an alleged movement of a MDL marker in the DMZ. Restricting the site has something to do with who has been accessing it..

As to the tactical significance of restricting the site, I really, truly have no idea why they'd want to restrict it. The information, while handy, isn't all that critical for targeting or ops planning. But those squirrels in MI seem to restrict and classify things all the time without any particular rhyme or reason.

That's all unofficial of course. I'm just guessing. I don't really know anything at all about the situation. Certainly have no experience in that area. And the above theories should, in no way, be construed as the official view of the United States or South Korean government. It's simply a fictional account.

Wink


I doubt their stats anyway. Do you really think the army would want to tell the soldiers just how filthy the air they work and exercise in really is?

Yeah. Why would they want their soldiers to be healthy and fit? It's a lot better when they're all suffering from respiratory problems, unable to perform their duties.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seems to be available at this site. I just accessed it from my public school down in Busan.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
Seems to be available at this site. I just accessed it from my public school down in Busan.


That's the one I use, it works for me.
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