As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, the US Government has released the list of words that will trigger the Department of Homeland Security to start monitoring your online contributions and conversations. The list is divided into sections by subject matter.
Figure 1. You can call it a thunderstorm, but under no circumstances should you call it “extreme weather”
I was greatly amused to find a section for words about “Weather” on the list, which contains the following terms.
Weather/Disaster/Emergency Emergency Hurricane Tornado Twister Tsunami Earthquake Tremor Flood Storm Crest Temblor Extreme weather Forest fire Brush fire Ice Stranded/Stuck Help Hail Wildfire Tsunami Warning Center Magnitude Avalanche Typhoon Shelter-in-place Disaster Snow Blizzard Sleet Mud slide or Mudslide Erosion Power outage Brown out Warning Watch Lightening Aid Relief Closure Interstate Burst Emergency Broadcast System
Looks like WUWT is going to be front and center 24/7/365 at the Department of Homeland Security, no matter what we do …
Lest you think I’m making this up, the list of words is on page 23 of the “Analyst’s Binder“, which describes the situation for those doing the analysis …
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Addendum by Anthony: I would add that Climate Progress, GRIST, Yale Environment Forum, DeSmog Blog, 350.org, and other “extreme weather = climate” alarmist websites also use these words, as does NOAA itself daily. Hopefully, they have DHS analysts capable of actually analyzing intent rather than relying on “tribal profiling”. – Anthony
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Lightning and darkening are okay, but lightening isn’t?
Yep, that’s the way they wrote it. 🙂
Clicking that link to the Analysts Binder caused my anti-virus to fire off two malware threats! WTF?
The document indeed lists lightening under weather. I wonder what discussion of fluorescent bulbs they will find.
“…Hopefully, they have DHS analysts capable of actually analyzing intent rather than relying on “tribal profiling”. – Anthony ”
Rather optimistic, I’d say. Based on fellow agencies like the BATF & TSA’s performance, I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
Hmmmm… looks like there are a few that they use but left out, like “I”, “and”, and “the.”
Seriously, ALL your posts, chats and email are monitored, but mostly by computers running very specialized word recognition software. Yes, that includes phone calls and text messages. Why on Earth would I believe such an off the wall thing? Because the technology to do such a thing is available, you can bet someone is doing it.
For any who might think I am crazy, just remember that I might think you are naive.
BTW, that’s a gorgeous picture of a Tstrm. (Can I say Tstrm?)
The word “ICE” ???? I wonder how many women swapping Ice tea recipes and other summer food recipes Homeland Security is now tracking?
A search for Ice Tea recipe returns about 3,290,000 results in google.
I was thinking of “electrical discharge” as an alternative to “Lightning”. And then I saw they have listed “Lightening” instead.
Of course, the people who want to stay under the radar probably know this stuff already and have figured out ways around it. Consequently, it is only the innocent who are being monitored and suspected.
Jason Calley says:
May 29, 2012 at 11:12 am
Seriously, ALL your posts, chats and email are monitored, but mostly by computers running very specialized word recognition software. Yes, that includes phone calls and text messages. Why on Earth would I believe such an off the wall thing? Because the technology to do such a thing is available, you can bet someone is doing it.
Remember the hubbub over CARNIVORE a decade ago? Remember the FBI saying the bureau wasn’t going to use it any more? Technically, they told the truth — they don’t use CARNIVORE any more.
They did, however, re-name it…
Jason Calley says:
May 29, 2012 at 11:12 am
Hmmmm… looks like there are a few that they use but left out, like “I”, “and”, and “the.”
Seriously, ALL your posts, chats and email are monitored,…
For any who might think I am crazy, just remember that I might think you are naive.
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No I think you are correct.
Former NSA Mathematician Says He Believes the Agency Stores Copies of All Emails Transmitted in America
Karen Nowak, who has Hackney Horses found the USDA had her e-mails and used them, along with lies to get her banned from a farm expo because she was handing out anti-NAIS (Animal ID ) flyers. Article was at http://www.horsegazette.com/NAIS/NAIS_Supporters_Fighting_Dirty.html (link no longer works)
So, not only does the problematic ‘science’ Team of CG1 & CG2 notoriety have names of skeptics who shall not be named (see latest article by CG1 & CG2 team member Tim Osborn*** at UEA/CRU website), now we also have a US government security agency listing some normal climate discourse words that cannot be said without there being some level of security analysis checking out who is saying the words.
It is a brave new world. On a not-paranoid basis though, I must say that all the helicopters I’ve seen recently in my local area were red, white or blue . . . . in other words they were rescue and medical helicopters. : ) No black ones at midnight : )
*** Tim Osborn currently an IPCC AR5 Lead Author which is surprising with all his controversial CG1 & CG2 practices involving ‘management’ of the bias in the AR4 IPCC preparation processes.
John
“Don’t say that word!”
“What word?”
“I cannot tell. Suffice to say it is one of the words The Knights of Ni cannot hear!”
Y’know, if the US Government is run by Monty Python, that would explain A LOT.
Of course, the list-builders wil haf ta no howta spel. R, w cld jst wrt n cnsnnts. Tht’d scrw thm p.
En-lightening!
I’ve read the full lists and they seem to include words which might be used in any sort of complaint about government… can’t have anyone complaining about the government.
Simple remedy. Git rid of DHS.
Terrorists must be the dumbest creatures on earth if they can’t get past a group of people concentrating on weather words….. ostensibly code for something?
I just sent the list out to everyone on my email list……………………… ;-D
I learnt the meaning of sleet during my first winter in Minnesota. We do not have that in Spain.
This will end the show “Storm Chasers”. They use interstates and use just about all these words.
If you concentrate on everything, you concentration on nothing.
Shoot, I just sent out invitations for an
Ice Tea Party to celebrate the start of Hurricane Season to help boy scouts begin their Emergency Preparedness and First Aid merit badges classes to be held just off the Interstate where we will also watch and enjoy the forecast ligntening storm.
It’s all very nefarious [a word not included in the list].
Of course, this is nuts … anyone truly engaged in nefarious activities rather than simply grousing about the USDA or passing recipes back and forth is going to use ENCRYPTION … so the low-level terrorist wanna-be’s are the only ones that will be ‘screened’ out by this activity.
Why not use the spell checker database in MS Office`or Webster’s and be done with it?
Damn, I was thinking of lightening my hair too. Thought it would be less painful than lightning my hair.
In the interest of taking Uncle Sam’s web crawlers for a ride, I propose a writing contest to see who can write the most frightening essay using the greatest number of words from the list. Additional points should be given to the contestant who can show that the greatest number of people have gotten a copy without resorting to spam tactics.