On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:55:15 -0800, you wrote:
>>From a report on the flooding in the U.K.:
>
> Around 25mm (two inches) of rain is expected to fall
> on the Yorkshire Moors and Dales within the next 24
> hours which could cause river levels to rise dangerously
> again.
Today's Telegraph has no mention of Tuesday's proceedings, including
Christopher Booker. However, he does take another potshot at metric by
pointing out how the BBC is 'politically correct' in reporting
rainfall in millimetres, but interviewees use feet and inches; and
also how a BBC news reader talked about '20 cm' of rain in an hour.
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Chris KEENAN
UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/
UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
