[at-l] Off-Topic - Pollution Scorecard for your County

[Steve Miller]

You snuck an 'r' into that word!  I said 'county', not 'country'  and 
was referring to the website's *relative *ranking of counties.  You 
won't find me disputing that overall there is plenty of pollution - some 
needless - in this country.  On the other hand, there are a lot of 
places much worse.

 From other's replies, I stand corrected on the site, though.  Looks 
like I've just been breathing bad air all my life (as Sly alluded).  And 
it has all been lived east of the Mississippi, where I would guess 
pollution rates are higher.

Steve "UpToSomethin'"

Sly wrote:
> I'd be more suspect of the air you breathe.  *Think* we're a polluted 
> country?  Haha, good one.
>
> Sly
>
> Steve Miller wrote:
>> Hmmmm...  I'm a little suspect of this site.  I entered about a dozen 
>> different zip codes - places I've lived or visited over the years, from 
>> Metro areas to very rural areas, from Florida to New York.  Every one of 
>> them was listed as 'in the worst 10% in the country'.  Either I'm very 
>> unlucky, or the site gives a stock answer to make everyone think they 
>> are a polluted county.
>>
>> Steve "UpToSomethin'"
>>
>> Jan Lite wrote:
>>> Type in you zip code - voila!:
>>>
>>> http://www.scorecard.org/
>>>
>>> I was surprised.
>>>
>>>
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