This morning I heard on NPR a woman talking about her child's experience at Virginia Tech during the shooting. She sounded like she was in her 30's or 40's and said in a native American accent that if her daughter had been "only centimeters" in a different spot, she would have been hit.
Leaving aside the horrific incident she was describing for a moment (and I do find it hard to do that), I can say that I found that to be an unexpected sign that SI is making some in-roads in the general population. I also saw an article on CNN.com describing predictions about what would happen by the end of the century if global warming continues and sea levels continue to rise. The first half of the article used US Customary exclusively, then switched to SI exclusively for the rest of the article. Again, more signs that in-roads are being made with respect to SI usage. Ezra
