I sent a "blind copy" of this to the USMA, without thinking that there was not enough context for you to figure out who it was to. The letter was to KSL-TV, the local news station that will be handling weather broadcasting for the Olympics in SLC next February. Nick Malyarov (also a Utah resident) suggested this, and presumably is sending one also. Jim Elwell ******************************* 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
