I used CNN's "Contact Us" link to send this comment to their weather section: I am very glad to see you using the proper assigned symbol from the International System of Units, km/h, for the unit kilometers per hour in this story on Tropical Storm Irene instead of the incorrect AP abbreviation kph. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/21/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Brief quote: At 11 a.m. ET, Irene was about 235 miles (375 km) east-southeast of Puerto Rico, heading west-northwest at about 20 mph (32 km/h), the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported. Its top winds were 50 mph, (80 km/h), according to forecasters.
--- On Sun, 8/21/11, John M. Steele <[email protected]> wrote: From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> Subject: CNN uses "km/h." Accident or new policy? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 12:33 PM An earlier (today) article on Tropical Storm Irene used kph. Now they are using km/h for wind speed and storm speed. Intentional, or assigned the article to the new guy? Who knows. I like it. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/21/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 At 11 a.m. ET, Irene was about 235 miles (375 km) east-southeast of Puerto Rico, heading west-northwest at about 20 mph (32 km/h), the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported. Its top winds were 50 mph, (80 km/h), according to forecasters.
