2002-02-06 I don't plan on writing them, since I don't live in their service area, but I found their comment quite interesting. They use SI behind the scenes, yet seeing a high of -2�C seems strange to them. How can that be? It should be more natural then seeing Furgenights.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikolay O. Malyarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-02-06 10:24 Subject: [USMA:17979] FW: Weather on Fox 13 > To all: > > I emailed Fox 13 this morning (see the bottom part of this message), and > within 30 minutes received a reply from one of the meteorologists: > > Cheers, > Nikolay > > P.S. Please keep the fact of me forwarding this stuff on the lo-down, > and please avoid referring to it if any of you write them about it too. > I know you all will. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2002 8.15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Weather on Fox 13 > > Hi! Thanks so much for your note! One funny thing - it's still strange > to see a 5 day forecast with a high of -2, but we use the metric system > for quite a bit of behind the scene stuff, so it's just natutal to put > it on the air... > > Anyway, enjoy the games! > > Steve > > --- "Nikolay O. Malyarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Good morning! > > > >I just wanted to thank the weather people at Fox 13 for including > metric > >units (SI) in their forecasts. It helps the volunteers at the Olympic > >Games (like myself - I am a host for the Latvian men's ice-hockey team) > >to be able to provide weather information to the athletes in the units > >(=B0C), which are familiar to them. It also enables athletes and team > >officials, who have TVs at the Olympic village to see the weather > >information again in familiar to them units. Finally, it helps > >introduce the American viewers to the metric system in weather, since > it > >is used in almost every country in the world besides the United States. > > > >Again, thanks! I hope that you will choose to continue (and possibly > >even expand) use of metric units in your forecasts during the Olympics > >and Paralympics, as well as after the Games are over. Fox 13 has > always > >had an innovative flavor to it, and this will definitely be another > >positive point on your 'innovation scoreboard'. Thanks again for your > >great work. > > > >Best regards, > > > >Nikolay O. Malyarov > > _____________________________________________________________ > KSTU/FOX 13 > http://www.fox13.com >
