Comments on: 250k tire stack in Calhoun County spotted from space http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ohmaar http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155813 Ohmaar Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155813 I really wish “journalists” (Hah!) would stop saying “you can see it from space.” Every purported “satellite photo” I have seen of this pile of tires has been an orthophoto (that’s a photo taken from an airplane for you “journalists”.)

]]> By: cwomack http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155545 cwomack Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155545 I’m curious how many people saw this from the air and for how long, and no one thought to do anything about it until now?

]]> By: blah http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155496 blah Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155496  33°34’56.96″N
 80°34’43.60″W

]]> By: Raymond Heaney http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155444 Raymond Heaney Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155444 I think if you type these coordinates in the search bar in google earth it will take you to what i believe it the tire pile, 33°34’56.78″N,  80°34’43.62″W

]]> By: JPL http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155416 JPL Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155416 If you look at it on Google Earth and use the timeline tool, it looks like it wasn’t there in 2006. That’s 140.45 tires in there per day. Seems like a hard one to miss. Even at ground level.

]]> By: Rysat31 http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-155415 Rysat31 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-155415 If you use Mapquest, its not there.  If you use Google Maps, its there.  A must see.

]]> By: Saleh Janahi http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-154887 Saleh Janahi Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:25:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-154887 he is preparing for the day when the  ” Aliens ” take control of all tires in the world..  i think he have a secrete cave where he stock different types of chairs, so in the future he find a place where he can sit and think about a way to demolish the  Aliens.

Good Luck :P

]]> By: Indra Kusuma http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-154130 Indra Kusuma Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-154130 That is frigging ridiculous to dump lots of tires at one single place :s

]]> By: Raygun http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-154040 Raygun Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-154040 You cant see it from space…uggg

]]> By: Valleymann http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-154025 Valleymann Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-154025 must’ve been tyring to collect…

to create artificial tyre shortage?? or to burn em all up and pollute the air even more than its polluted now??

]]> By: David Matthews Jr http://www.slashgear.com/250k-tire-stack-in-calhoun-county-spotted-from-space-16195703/#comment-153999 David Matthews Jr Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195703#comment-153999 33.582538,-80.578709

that’s the co-ordinates on google maps.

that is a WHOLE LOT of tires… 8-|

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