Well, I found it right away.

For everyone else's benefit, it's "Science of Tsunamis" and it's repeated
today (Sunday) at 18:00 EST and PST (for cable viewers). For satellite
viewers, that would be 18:00 EST and 15:00 PST.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]


>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Behalf Of Bill Potts
>Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 00:11
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:31843] RE: Discovery Channel improving
>
>
>I assume such a tsunami would be caused by an asteroid hitting the ocean.
>
>Can you tell us the name of the program, so I can find out when it will be
>repeated? (In the meantime, I'll go to the Discovery Channel
>website and try
>to find it by keyword search.)
>
>Bill Potts, CMS
>Roseville, CA
>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Behalf Of Ezra Steinberg
>>Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 22:36
>>To: U.S. Metric Association
>>Subject: [USMA:31842] Discovery Channel improving
>>
>>
>>Saw an interesting program on the Discover Channel about
>>mega-tsunamis with waves over a kilometer tall (or even several
>>kilometers tall).
>>
>>Most of the units given were in SI only (even by the American
>>sounding narrator). In a few spots the narrator used US Customary
>>units and a few other cases he used SI followed by US Customary.
>>
>>This shift by the Discovery Channel strikes me as purposeful. I'm
>>guessing they've made a decision to enter a transition phase where
>>they emphasize SI but give enough US Customary to avoid scaring
>>off those in the audience who are not comfortable with SI.
>>
>>It looks like a good sign.
>>
>>Ezra
>>
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