On 4/3/2017 5:51 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2017-04-03, rickman wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2017 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> The one that keeps me scratching my head is the way visibilities
>>> are reported in statute miles, while everything else is in
>>> nautical miles.
>>
>> When did the US switch to Celsius? Is that just aviation you mean?
>
> Yes, just aviation so far. I can't remember exactly when - it was
> probably about 10 years ago when I started noticing that the weather
> reports coming across the border no longer had Fahrenheit in them.
It's about time. I wish I had some reason to believe this would change
for the country as a whole in the near future, but I don't see it.
Right now we are stepping backwards in many ways. I guess that is what
you do when facing a wolf.
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Rick C
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