Pierre, I heard rems on CNN, but no sieverts. I also heard Anderson Cooper repeatedly speak *nothing but kilometers* for distances on CNN, suggesting deliberate emphasis on metric distances. Now if Anderson could only learn to pronounce km correctly, prefix name (kilo) followed by unit name (meter), with out the "lom" slurs. Gene.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:26:11 -0400 >From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:50021] millisieverts >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >I heard someone mention the figure 400 mSv/h on NPR in connection with the >nuclear reactor in Japan. Did anyone else give it in rems? Have you heard >other radiation units in reporting on the event? > >Pierre ...
