-----Original Message----- From: Joseph B.Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 November 2001 21:42
> After the Chernobyl disaster the Canadian Press reported that > an exclusion > zone of 28 km radius had been declared around the site. That > struck me as > a most unlikely dimension. I hypothesized that Associated Press had > divided the original figure of 30 km by the conversion factor > of 1.6 giving > the answer of 18,75 miles, which they truncaed to 18 milws > for publication. > Canadian Press copied the report but converted the figure of > 18 miles back > to kilometres by multiplying by 1,6 giving the figure of 28.8 > km, which > they truncated to 28 km for publication. You're probably right. A quick search on the web turns up both ...restricted 30-km/19-mi zone... and ...the 30 km (18 miles) exclusion zone... yuk! -- Regards, Michael Parry [EMAIL PROTECTED] The contents of this email and any attachments are sent for the personal attention of the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. If you are not the intended addressee, any use, disclosure or copying of this email and any attachments is unauthorised - please notify the sender by return and delete the message. Any representations or commitments expressed in this email are subject to contract. ntl Group Limited
