It's all well and good to try to get the media to use the SI. Until the US Government decides that SI and its preferred derivatives should be used in the public arena, you will not make much progress. The NOAA National Weather Service won't even adhere to the SI derivative for pressure. For example, the NWS uses hPa rather than kPa for pressure Canada uses kPa to be consistent with other industries in reporting atmospheric pressure..
Regards, Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen C. Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:10 AM Subject: [USMA:23951] RE: Reply from the Washington Post > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 13 December 2002 08:00 > Subject: [USMA:23949] RE: Reply from the Washington Post > > > > Stephen C. Gallagher wrote: > > > I sent a letter to the Washington Post, simply thanking them > > > for choosing to display Celsius temperature on their website. > > > > > > Here is the reply I received today: > > > > I also wrote congratulating them and received the identical reply. > > > > Good. It's important to give them positive feedback. They've probably > gotten a few negative replies from the anti-metric crowd, so whatever > positive feedback they receive will help balance the scales. > >
