That article suffers from the same flaw as the one I found. The Google spider found a "fleeting instant" web link for which the capsule summary said it was 4.43 m (14' 6-1/2") but the page had been removed when I followed the link. As Guinness records in metric, that is probably the official value (4.43 m) but Guinness hasn't posted it on their website. It was more my annoyance at the reporter deleting the metric when the source specifically spoke abouit the advantage of the metric system.
--- On Wed, 12/19/12, Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> wrote: From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> Subject: [USMA:52079] RE: World's Largest Paper Snowflake To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 8:03 AM http://www.iowan.com/read/rss_feed/?iowans_wonderland&show=news&newsID=15038 From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 19 December 2012 11:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52078] World's Largest Paper Snowflake Apparently, the artist worked it all out in metric: "Hanson quipped that she fell in love with the metric system as working with fractions would have been a nightmare." Yet the reporter choses to tell us that "Hanson created a 14-foot, 6-inch paper snowflake in a little under 54 minutes in front of a cheering crowd at the Kanawha City Hall." http://globegazette.com/news/local/a-snowflake-for-the-record-books/article_2ec0c7d6-4990-11e2-a34a-0019bb2963f4.html Another article says Guinness would only consider paper snowflakes over 4 m, but I can't find what they officially certified it as.
