Our TV crew dodged it. They gave no numbers except for the magnitude,
"seven point oh".
Jim
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> I've just called my favorite local TV station and I gave them this URL.
> Also, I pointed out that the source information is only in "metric" and
> I asked them to report it just that way - without converting the
> kilometers to miles -- as an experiment to see if they get any calls
> about not being given the conversions. I'll find out in about 40
> minutes if they do that.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Carter, Baron wrote:
> > But notice that when you follow links to to the various news outlets (ABC,
> > CBS) that SI has magically disappeared? We must keep at the media to stop
> > doing this and in the case of the print media to remind them to use SI as
> > per the AP Stylebook.
> >
> > Baron Carter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hu, Alfred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 28 February, 2001 15:34
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:11370] Seattle quake in SI
> >
> >
> > http://earthquake.usgs.gov/activity/latest/eq_01_02_28.html
> >
> > Quake felt as far south as Portland OR, and into Vancouver and Kelowna BC.
> > The US Geological Survey has been using SI quite frequently.
> >
> >
> > alfred
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James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston
10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street
843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424
http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
