Interesting that Fox gave the expected Tsunami height in yards. Is this normal in the US (or anywhere else)? If imperial units were being used in the UK, I would have expected feet to be used.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 07 December 2012 19:50 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52052] BREAKING NEWS: 1-Meter Tsunami Hits Japan's Miyagi Prefecture This was the summary given in FoxNew's headline service. Note that no translation into inch-pound was given. The full story is given at http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/07/strong-earthquake-strikes-off-northe astern-japan-warning-possible-tsunami In the full story, heights are given in metres, with yards in parentheses thereafter. It seems that FoxNews, which is by far the most popular cable new channel, garnering more viewers than all the other cable news channels combined, is favoring metric, even to the point of using metric only in its headline service. Maybe because FoxNews wants to be international, as CNN, which it bets in viewship hands down. Maybe because it is just tired doing incessant conversions to inch-pound when the sources use metric.
