Today's Lesson / Pop Quiz

Several times this week I found myself asking people why everything was being done at the very last minute. The response, always, to this question was a warm, pitying look, and words to the effect of "it's how we do things around here."   

For today's post, I will apply this general law of the universe to teach you something and then test your knowledge at the same time.

It's how I do things around here.

So, MARSEC, what is it and what is it for. 

The following passage is cut and pasted directly from Wikipedia:

MARSEC (MARitime SECurity) is the three-tiered United States Coast Guard Maritime Security system designed to easily communicate to the Coast Guard and the maritime industry pre-planned scalable responses for credible threats. Its objective is to provide an assessment of possible terrorist activity within the maritime sectors of transportation, including threats to nautical facilities and vessels falling within the jurisdiction of the United States that could be targets of attack.The Coast Guard originally created MARSEC to be compatible with, and respond in unison to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). With the introduction of the National Terrorism Advisory System(NTAS) to replace HSAS, the Commandant of the Coast Guard will adjust the MARSEC Level, if appropriate, based on any NTAS Alert issued by DHS.

Now that you've learned what MARSEC is, here's your test.

I recently took this photo of a MARSEC threat level board somewhere on the Toronto waterfront, which, to the best of my knowledge, falls neither under the jurisdiction of the US Coast Guard nor the United States.

Did I take the photo ...

1. On Hanlan's Point, by the air quality monitoring station put there to support the Pan Am Games?
2. By the Billy Bishop Airport on Toronto Island?
3. By the Redpath Sugar plant, next to Sugar Beach?
4. By the Island Ferry Dock?

I'll provide the answer next week, but if you'd like to guess, please do so in the comments box below.

Thanks for reading!

Have a great week!

Karen