Brockovich Blogs Her Roane Co. Visit

When I first arrived on the site, I was pretty quiet. It took a while to absorb what I was looking at. I knew there was a lake but an entire area was gone. I kept wondering "Where did the water go?" I couldn't decide if it looked more like a tornado had gone through, a mudslide, landslide, maybe a volcano erupted or a tidal wave. It is now a "moonscape." The landscape has completely changed. It is almost unidentifiable.
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It struck me that I had an unusual taste on my lips and in my mouth. I asked others if they noticed that, and they did. Some experienced scratchy throats, respiratory problems, itchy and burning eyes and tasted what one expert believed to be sulfuric acid. If we were experiencing this much discomfort after a few minutes, what on earth are the people who live here feeling?
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This corner of Roane County Tennessee is off the beaten path. It is remote, distant from any main street and city noise. It is easy to see the beauty of rolling mountains, lakes, rivers, comfortable family homes. It is serene, a piece of heaven on earth. This was a safe place to raise kids, to teach them to fish and swim, to enjoy family and have barbecues or sit quietly to watch the sunset on warm summer nights. I could see why people live there. Over the past couple of weeks we have had the opportunity to speak with people about life both before December 22.

I just read the eloquently written but very disappointing Huffington Post by Erin Brockovich. I'm afraid she indulges in exaggeration to the point of misinformation. I'm being swayed over to RandMart's view of her.

She incorrectly states that this corner of Roane County is "Off the Beaten Path". Well let's overlook the fact that there are four I40 interchanges within three miles of the site and the fact that one of the largest shopping centers in Tennessee is within 20 minutes, and let's look at just a few of her factual errors.
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Where to start? Yes, we have a big danged mess in less than a mile square area of a 61 square mile lake...Less than 0.8% of the lake. The floating gray stuff is little bubbles of silicates...Glass if you will. It's ugly but is being vacuumed up by hordes of orange life-jacketed workers.

Our drinking water has been tested by a staggering number of laboratories and not one single problem has been found...Not One!