John, I'd venture say that these guys may simply have used technology to lift this burden of conversion off their shoulders. I'd bet big bucks that they may have developed some computer program to do this dirty work for them!... ;-)
Marcus On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:12:52 kilopascal wrote: >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. >> > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
