No. He was NOT right. He said "in kilometers per hour that is around .
. . miles per hour." He gave the wrong unit. He said miles when he
should have said kilometers. That is my point. I thought my original
message made that clear.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:26:01 -0800
From: Brian White <br...@bjwhite.net>
Subject: RE: [USMA:53393] km Confusion
To: "cont...@metricpioneer.com" <cont...@metricpioneer.com>,
"U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: Metric Pioneer <metricpion...@gmail.com>
Well 320 km/h is 200mph....so he was basically right. 195mph is 312.....
What's 3km/h in the grand scheme of things..
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From: "cont...@metricpioneer.com" <cont...@metricpioneer.com>
Sent: ?11/?9/?2013 11:22
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "Metric Pioneer" <metricpion...@gmail.com>
Subject: [USMA:53393] km Confusion
I almost could not believe my ears! I was watching the news Friday
morning before biking 5 km to work as I usually do. As I watched
France 24 from Paris, they were reporting on the giant storm hitting
the Philippines. Everything is metric at France 24 (which is why I
watch it) but they decided to interview an American meteorologist, who
gave every measure in miles. As this American meteorologist neared the
end of his report, he thought he would throw in a metric measure, but
totally goofed it up. He said continuous winds are 195 miles per hour
and in kilometers per hour, sustained winds would be around 315 miles
per hour. I had to back that up, play it again, and catch it on my
little Verizon Convoy 2 cell phone. Picture quality is poor, but I
attach that little 37-second clip for your amusement. Thank goodness
Direct TV has Free Speech TV Channel 348 where I can get news reports
giving measures in meters, kilometers, kilograms, Celsius et cetera.
Let me know what you think of the news clip. Is France 24 available in
your area?
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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