2002-01-01 Here is the report from the Times:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2002000008,00.html A mixture of units with SI first. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-01-01 14:13 Subject: [USMA:17082] Re: BBC ifp covering Australian forest fires On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:45:50 +0100, "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I saw part of the news on BBC1 tonight and Michael Peshard was covering the >fires near Sidney. Three quarters of a million acres of forest had been >burned, the fires were just 9 miles from the famous bridge in the city >centre, while temperatures were above 100 degrees. It must be very hot >there, but I do not assume that the water was boiling there, > >Han For a pleasant change, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1736000/1736164.s tm (I've been disappointed with the Independent's coverage of this story. All distances in miles, and flames are always 90 ft/180 ft high! Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
