John: Channel 2 (CBS - www.kutv2.com): The map showing forecasts in the immediate broadcast area (which includes all of the Olympic venues) has temperatures listed in the following format: "28/-2c" (c is in superscript).
Channel 4 (ABC - www.4utah.tv): The daily planner, showing temperatures at three points during the day (8AM, Noon, 5PM) -> "28�F" (at the top), and "-2�C" (at the bottom). Channel 5 (NBC - www.ksltv.com): �F oonly (@#&^%*@^$!!!) Channel 13 (Fox - www.fox13.com): Current weather in Salt Lake City, tonight's and tomorrow's forecasts for Salt Lake City as 3 separate graphics: "28�F" (at the top) and "-2�C" (at the bottom) - for the first graphic, and for the other two the temperatures are on opposing sides: �F on the left and �C on the right. Cheers, Nikolay P.S. Catherine and I just got home from the Olympic Torch Rally and the party, since the torch is staying overnight here in Provo. It was a lot of fun indeed, despite -5�C outside. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of kilopascal Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2002 16.19 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:17958] Re: Weather in SI 2002-02-05 It worked here, because the other stations were able to see quickly what the others were doing and to copy quicker. In other industries, it may not work this easy. If certain companies are known to set standards and precedents in their area of expertise, then of course we should concentrate on them. BTW, how metric are these stations now? Do they give all of their weather Data in SI, or just some? Elaborate! I wonder how many anti-metric forces are contacting them to stop. In the eyes of a luddite, this is a perfect opportunity to expose the world to FFU, and to show by example how well America does using just FFU. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikolay O. Malyarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-02-05 11:08 Subject: [USMA:17941] Weather in SI > To all: > > I think that the story with weather reports on local Salt Lake City TV > stations clearly indicates how much industries are relying on copying > each other. Again, it all started with Channel 4 last week, and only a > few days later two more TV stations picked it up. May be we should > focus our attention on only one representative of each industry at the > time (the more progressive one), counting on the following the suit by > others? What do members of the list think? > > Cheers, > Nikolay >
