Well, we already know what it's like when something isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
If the Administration can do it to habeus corpus (regardless of what the US Constitution says, a document that presumably has more force than any Excecutive Order), then it can certainly happen to metric units as being primary. Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce, which is in the Executive > Branch > of the federal government. As such, it should be in compliance with Executive > Order 12770. Technically, our weather should be reported in metric units, or > at > the very least with metric as the primary unit. > > One would think that since the Secretary of Commerce was the one tasked with > carrying out this order, that he would have started with his own department. > > The text of the Executive order is here: > > http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/eo12770.html > > > > > On Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at 12:42PM, "STANLEY DOORE" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Scott: > > Which Executive Order? I'd like to read it. Please provide a url. > >Regards, Stan Doore > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "James Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:09 PM > >Subject: Re: [USMA:39901] Re: Metric Weather > > > > > >Why is an Executive Branch government agency out of compliance with a > >standing Executive Order? > > > >-- > >Scott Hudnall > >Seattle, WA USA > >http://www.gometric.us/ > > > > > >On Dec 18, 2007, at 2:13, STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The Wx maps and many graphics provided by WeatherBug are produced by the > >> NOAA National Weather Service without change so they remain in English > >> units. WeatherBug just picks up the graphics without change. Individual > >> station data are automated and can be easily converted by WeatherBug so > >> units can be selected in English or metric. > >> Regards, Stan Doore > >> . > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:58 PM > >> Subject: [USMA:39900] Re: Metric Weather > >> > >> > >> On Monday 17 December 2007 21:07, Carleton MacDonald wrote: > >>> I just downloaded it and it's been done. Nice. > >>> > >>> Only other thing would be to take a look at the symbolic thermometer, > >>> which > >>> goes from -20 to +100, and size it for Celsius if that option is chosen, > >>> perhaps something like -30 to +50. > >> > >> There is another thing. I clicked on the 7-day forecast and got a map > >> below > >> the forecast, labeled "Current Temps", in which North Carolina is 33 and > >> South Carolina is 32. Those are typical summer temperatures here. I just > >> walked home from work and there are ice sparkles on the grass, and the > >> high > >> tomorrow is 12. > >> > >> The hourly forecast still says "kph" and puts a space between "°" an d > >> "C", > >> which shouldn't be there. The temperatures on the 7-day forecast omit > >> the "C". The box labeled "Your Forecast for Charlotte, NC" below the > >> hourly > >> gets the symbol right. > >> > >> Pierre > >> > >> > > > > > > >
