Weather reports and forecasts provided by our Canadian Broadcasting Corporation employ SI units. There is a favorite music station which I listen to [non-CBC] and it gives SI/FFU units. When I wrote to them about the 'old' units, they said they just got too much flak from their listeners if they dropped them. Listeners = advertising revenue. Priorities, priorities. Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 8, 2002 18:31 Subject: [USMA:18065] Re: FW: Weather reports during the Olympics >2002-02-08 > >Why do they have to "translate all forecasts"? I thought the posting from a >few days ago stated that SI was used behind the scenes. Thus, the >translating that is being done is from SI to FFU, which they must do all of >the time, seven days a week. > >One would think they would tire of the daily conversions from SI to FFU and >would jump at the chance to drop FFU altogether. > >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, 2002-02-08 11:57 >Subject: [USMA:18054] Re: FW: Weather reports during the Olympics > > >> Nikolay, >> >> Your letter to Mark Eubank is persuasive and excellent! >> >> Unfortunately, Keith Merrill's reaction leaves much to be desired. >> >> My evaluations are interleaved below. >> .................. >> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Nikolay O. Malyarov quoted Eubank and Merrill as: >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Mark Eubank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2002 23.37 >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: Re: Weather reports during the Olympics >> > >> > ... translating all forecasts, or having double 7-day forecasts, or F >> > and C temps on our maps is very confusing to the people who watch us >> > every day. >> >> The solution is simple: report only Celsius temperatures, at least during >> the Olympics (and hopefully thereafter). >> >> > There is only so much data within the time contraints we are >> > given in news to present data. >> >> Again, the solution is simple: report only Celsius during the Olympics. >> >> > I will do some C temps when we forecast for venues or downtown events - >> > single events rather than statewide or long term forecasts. >> >> "Some C" is not acceptable and an insult to visitors, in my opinion. >> >> Gene. >> >
