Yes, of course; forecast offices would disregard anyone outside their area.
For "competition", you might mention such sites as the one I use on my college web site at http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj Your local newspaper might be another good target for letters at the same time, though often their weather information comes from a commercial weather service, not the National Weather Service. You know, I've always thought it strange down here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina that the local weather personalities on TV and radio give the central pressure in hurricane eyes in millibars (which is what the National Hurricane Center, NHC/NOAA, provides) yet they give normal weather pressures in inches of mercury. How can one compare the two easily without having a background in this? Unfortunately, the way the local sources handle that problem---when they do---is to convert the pressure in millibars (numerically equal to hectopascals) to figures in inches of mercury. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Simultaneous and congruent appeals to local and to > >headquarters offices will have a synergistic effect. > > Good background, and a nice use of language, Jim. Do you think that we > should each pick a different local office? > > Like all of us, I have had plenty of responses along the lines of 'the > public isn't ready for it' and 'when others do, we will'. I try to avoid > stimulating those responses by appearing to be a customer who is being > drawn away to a metricated competitor. It may not work so well with free > government services. But I thought I would share the idea. -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789
