80km from Anywhere (Almost)

Some of my friends might be listening to the news in their home countries and hear that Israel, “once again”, “overreacts”.

To help my friends get some perspective, I went through my Facebook friends list and, using http://www.freemaptools.com, created some links to help understand what 80km means.

Why 80km? 80km is the range of missiles fired from Gaza into Israel.

How to use this table: find a city near you, and click the link beside you. Imagine you live in that city, and rockets are fired at you from any point within the green circle. Conversely, imagine that rockets are fired from the center of the green circle, and your house is anywhere within that circle.

Overreacting, huh?

(I have close to 300 friends, from many places around the world; naturally, I didn’t cover everything. But this should give you some idea)

Europe

City	Link
Delft, The Netherlands	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.009507&clng=4.360514999999964&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Norwich, UK	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.630886&clng=1.2973550000000387&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dagenham, UK	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.53889&clng=0.14742999999998574&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Lyon, France	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=45.764043&clng=4.835658999999964&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dalfsen, The Netherlands	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.507755&clng=6.259667000000036&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Paris, France	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=48.856614&clng=2.3522219999999834&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Prague, Czech Republic	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=50.075538&clng=14.437801000000036&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Sofia, Bulgaria	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=42.696492&clng=23.326010999999994&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Stockholm, Sweden	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=59.32893&clng=18.064910000000054&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Helsinki, Finland	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=60.169845&clng=24.93855099999996&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dublin, Ireland	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=53.349443&clng=-6.260082000000011&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.370216&clng=4.895168000000012&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Antwerp, Belgium	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.219216&clng=4.402881999999977&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
London, UK	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.507335&clng=-0.1276829999999336&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Valencia, Spain	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=39.470239&clng=-0.3768049999999903&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Barcelona, Spain	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=41.387917&clng=2.169918999999936&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00

North America

City	Link
Guelph, ON, Canada	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.544805&clng=-80.24816699999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Waterloo, ON, Canada	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.464258&clng=-80.52040999999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Vancouver, BC, Canada	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=49.261226&clng=-123.11392699999999&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Toronto, ON, Canada	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.653226&clng=-79.38318400000003&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Nashville, TN, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.166667&clng=-86.78333299999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Flagstaff, AZ, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=35.201352&clng=-111.639249&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Santa Cruz, CA, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.974117&clng=-122.03079600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Los-Angeles, CA, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=34.052234&clng=-118.24368500000003&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Clearwater, FL, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=27.965853&clng=-82.80010299999998&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Salem, OR, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=44.942898&clng=-123.03509600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Rogers, AR, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.33202&clng=-94.118537&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Long Valley, NJ, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=40.785933&clng=-74.78016400000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Arlington, TX, USA	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=32.735687&clng=-97.10806600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Jasper, AB, Canada	http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.879277&clng=-118.07925599999999&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00 (oh well. You have the Rocky Mountains to protect you, but anyway.)