Half Staff – why is the US flag at half staff?

You might want to find a better flag graphic.<p>The people who want to know if it should be flying at half mast are more likely to care that the US flag being accurately represented.

Does it use location information to determine what the status is for a particular state ? IIRC, there is a also a state level status that could override the national level ?<p>For example: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.ct.gov&#x2F;flag-status&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.ct.gov&#x2F;flag-status&#x2F;</a>

Seems like this maybe should have been submitted as a &quot;Show HN.&quot;<p>Do upgrade your flag. Make that a high priority.

Nice. Does this pull live data from somewhere?

This is really cool. Great idea.