Sir/Madam:
When the 2002 Olympic come to Salt Lake City in a few months,
there will be tens of thousands of people from other countries
visiting here.
Since the US is the ONLY country left in world that uses
non-metric units, very few of those tens of thousands will have
any idea what "40 degrees Fahrenheit" is, or what "inches of
snow" means, or whether "10 mph wind speed" is fast or slow.
Please consider putting metric equivalents into your forecasts
(TV, web, radio), as a courtesy to these thousands of visitors.
It will be a tremendous help to them, and it will help our
citizens become more familiar with the measurement language the
rest of the world uses, and which the US will eventually use.
Thank you.
Jim Elwell
President
QSI Corporation
SLC, Utah
