Jim Segrave wrote: > On Sun 14 Jan 2007 (01:51 -0800), Bill Woodcock wrote: >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621 >> >> A few numbers to help understand the scale of the effort being applied. > > Is it just me or is this article a migraine inducing mix of metric and > English measures?
you're lucky they also didn't use nautical miles and fathoms (1.829 meters in si units)... > down to about 4,000 metres (2.5 miles), ... > > 100 metres (yards) long ... > > waiting for 30 to 40 mile-an-hour winds (48 to 64 kilometres- an-hour) > to die down... > > The winds have stirred up 10 to 12 metre waves.... > > Today's fibre optic cables are just 21 millimetres in diameter.... > > The grapnel is a metal tool about 18 by 24 inches (46 by 61 > centimetres) ... > > Arrgh... >
