UPDATE
The number of American soldiers dead in Iraq is now 1746. Local ABC affliate Channel 8 noticed my chalked up numbers. Also a local bulletin board was discussing them. Here is the text of the Channel 8 article:
Tulsa - First it was crosses along highway medians. Now, it appears the same person responsible for those crosses has come up with a new way to protest the war in Iraq.
At several sites around town, someone has written numbers in chalk. At a Spirit Bank location near 19th and Boston, we found the number "1716". At the 21st Street bridge, we found the number "1728".
What do the numbers mean? They are the number of men and women killed in Iraq since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As of Thursday, 1,744 U.S. servicemen had been killed.
In April and May, someone placed crosses with the names of military casualties on highway medians. Those crosses were removed by the City of Tulsa after it was learned they were a war protest.
The person responsible for the protests has an internet weblog in which pictures of the crosses, flyers and now the chalk writings can be seen.
I couldn't resist sending the following email in response:
Have you noticed that the numbers only go up? The rain can wash it
away, someone can wipe it away, but the next number is always larger.
Dr. Omed
Oh, yes, there is more than one of me. Our numbers go up everyday as well.
ox
