Re: the inaccurate maps site "ditto"

[Chuck Cooper <ccc@pp.pdx.edu>]

I saw the same problem in Portland, the main rail line through the  city 

was identified, the Columbia river (sea route to Hanford) was not.



Zack Clayton wrote:



>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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>

>Zack Clayton

>Health Physicist III

>Columbus, Ohio, USA

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