Oh I see. He misspoke. Mon dieu! -----Original Message----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: 11/9/2013 11:35 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>; "Metric Pioneer" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:53395] RE: km Confusion
No. He was NOT right. He said "in kilometers per hour that is around . . . miles per hour." He gave the wrong unit. He said miles when he should have said kilometers. That is my point. I thought my original message made that clear. David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 ----- Message from [email protected] --------- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:26:01 -0800 From: Brian White <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [USMA:53393] km Confusion To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: Metric Pioneer <[email protected]> > Well 320 km/h is 200mph....so he was basically right. 195mph is 312..... > > What's 3km/h in the grand scheme of things.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: ?11/?9/?2013 11:22 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Metric Pioneer" <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:53393] km Confusion > > I almost could not believe my ears! I was watching the news Friday > morning before biking 5 km to work as I usually do. As I watched > France 24 from Paris, they were reporting on the giant storm hitting > the Philippines. Everything is metric at France 24 (which is why I > watch it) but they decided to interview an American meteorologist, who > gave every measure in miles. As this American meteorologist neared the > end of his report, he thought he would throw in a metric measure, but > totally goofed it up. He said continuous winds are 195 miles per hour > and in kilometers per hour, sustained winds would be around 315 miles > per hour. I had to back that up, play it again, and catch it on my > little Verizon Convoy 2 cell phone. Picture quality is poor, but I > attach that little 37-second clip for your amusement. Thank goodness > Direct TV has Free Speech TV Channel 348 where I can get news reports > giving measures in meters, kilometers, kilograms, Celsius et cetera. > Let me know what you think of the news clip. Is France 24 available in > your area? > David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > ----- End message from [email protected] -----
