On the BBC news (radio) yesterday, they played an interview with a resident of
Rockhampton, who stated that the water depth was already "eight point six
metres and still rising - much more and we'll have to evacuate".
John F-L
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 6:50 AM
Subject: [USMA:49410] USA 2x4
On 2011/01/03, at 07:50 , John M. Steele wrote:
In my view, it is a name, not a dimension, just like a 2x4.
Dear John,
As a numerical coincidence, the whole of the contiguous states of the USA is
a 2x4.
Roughly wo megametres North to South and four megametres East to West, that
is 2 Mm x 4 Mm
As 2 Mm x 4 Mm = 8 Mm^2 this makes the contiguous states of the USA roughly
the same size as Australia.
Land area of the USA contiguous states = 7 663 942 km²
Land area of the whole of Australia =7 617 464 km²
To put this into perspective roughly 800 000 km² in the North-East of
Australia is currently under flood waters. However, this is not a time for
panic as all the other states have dedicated and moved all emergency services
to the flooded areas that are predicted to peak at 9.4 metres by Wednesday next
week.
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