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 >> >
