Yes. Dual units were provided in the 1970s when the USG had a major conversion effort. Time is of essence and adding dual units adds time which takes away from other material to be broadcast.
The solution is for The Congress to take action to convert and for the media to agree to make the conversion at the same time. The media are the major interface with public and the media during the 1970s were the major opponents to conversion. The NWS can't do it alone on a ad hoc basis. Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: James Wentworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: [USMA:24147] NOAA weather radio in metric? > Hello All, > > I just bought an NOAA weather radio (see the NOAA weather radio service page > here: http://205.156.54.206/nwr/ ). > > The computer voice that gives the weather reports is programmed from > typed-in text, I believe. The reports use FFU, *but* the reports are brief > enough (1 - 2 minutes) that the NOAA could begin a metric transition by > having alternating metric/FFU reports. Since they collect their weather > data in metric, I'm sure they'd love to be relieved of the task of > converting everything from metric to FFU. > > Does anyone here have any contacts at the NOAA? This would be a simple and > relatively painless way to start getting the public used to metric weather > reports. The radio "weatherbot" could even sing the four-line Celsius ditty > between reports to get people familiar with Celsius. -- Jason > > >
