February 6, 2008
A Hot Prowler is Better Than No Prowler
Look out, Alamo Square! A "hot prowl" has been reported! We have no idea what that means -- maybe SF Crime knows? -- but oh lord how it makes us giggle. Time to send in the Hot Cops!
We've really been digging this "EveryBlock" website, which aggregates news, crime reports, photos, reviews, health inspections, and lots of other details about neighborhoods. But unfortunately, the SFPD's data-sharing tool CrimeMAPS is pretty old-fashioned (it says it requires Windows and IE, which is either hilarious or depressing) and so hard to use that it makes web developers want to cry. So, the available data is a bit limited; and all we know (and all we really want to know) is that on January 28th, somewhere between the Richmond and the Castro, there was a prowler, and he was hot.
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a hot prowl is would-be burglars awaken the victim who is sleeping.
Hot would-be burglars?
Why am I now picturing the Hamburglar?
Why am I now picturing the Hamburglar in hot pants?
Oh, wait, it's because I'm ALWAYS picturing that.
a hot prowl is a burglary when someone is still home.
WTF -- where exactly did this happen? There's barely any information on that site. Alamo Square, but where?
I always thought that a Hot Prowler was then the guy takes a, oh wait, no, that's a Hot Karl. Never mind.
p.s
Gavin sucks