I've heard 'The Wall Street Journal This Morning' radio program deliberately make a point of using miles in reference to all things Japan rather than kilometers. They continue to use miles even when their reporters on site use kilometers. I sent them a message on their contact page about the WSJ being a professional organization, and asking why did they not use the more professional metric units rather than the King's Units.
If we keep the pressure up......... Tim On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ... > > -- * * * * *Thanks! * * * *Tim Williamson Alabama, USA 1-205-765-6090 *
