Great letter, Jim, and thanks for the info on ksl and NBC coverage.
The rest of us should go after ksl and NBC to assure *comprehensive*
reporting in SI, not limited to weather data.
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Jim Elwell wrote:
> ... My letter is below.
> ...
> 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
