re: the inaccurate maps site

[Zack Clayton <zclayton@yahoo.com>]

When I plugged in my address I was not suprised that there is no basis

in reality to the map produced.  I shows the streets railroads and

interstates correctly, but since I have been part of the routing task

force meetings I can definately say the assumption that SNF from a

power plant will be transported through downtown Columbus, Ohio is

wrong.  It is this type of innacuracy that puts these sites into the

fearmonger catagory.



I plugged in the addresses of my sister, parents, in-laws, and God

parents.    I got the same bogus propoganda for them.  The closest

railroad and interstates were identified as transportation routes, even

if they ran through a major city miles in the wrong direction from a

plant.  And no, these route locations are not for other plants.  It

would be a detour of major mileage and exposure potential to get any

SNF past these locations.



Richard Orthen is correct, we need to be aware of the garbage as well

as the good information.  Mar Twain said, "There are lies, and there

are Damned Lies."  This site is a damned lie.







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- A day without radiation would be a day without sunshine.



Zack Clayton

Health Physicist III

Columbus, Ohio, USA



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