"NO JOY" Correct usage is just an accident. The article update based on the 2 pm NHC advisory is back to kph: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/21/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Irene was nearing the U.S. Virgin Islands with top winds of 50 mph (80 kph) Sunday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported. At 2 p.m. ET, the storm was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometers) east-southeast of St. Croix and about 185 miles (300 kilometers) from Puerto Rico, moving west-northwest at 18 mph (30 kph), forecasters said. --- On Sun, 8/21/11, John M. Steele <[email protected]> wrote: From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [USMA:51002] Fw: CNN uses "km/h." Accident or new policy? To: "Bill Hooper" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 2:09 PM Thanks. Hopefully, the entire USMA mailing list will send a positive comment. If we can "divide and conquer" and get ANY of the US media to standardize on proper usage, it will add to the pressure on AP to eliminate their "invented" abbreviation.. --- On Sun, 8/21/11, Bill Hooper <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [USMA:51002] Fw: CNN uses "km/h." Accident or new policy? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 2:03 PM John, I did the same. Thanks for pointing out this opportunity to praise good use instead of damning bad use. Bill ========================================== On Aug 21 , at 1:15 PM, John M. Steele wrote: 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 ...
