Wednesday, February 23, 2005 |
14:19 - Here Comes the Metric System
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&u=/afp/usweathercalifornia&printer=1
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In this AFP story on the Los Angeles flooding, via CapLion:
The winter season is the fourth wettest to hit usually-parched Los Angeles in 115 years, with more than 10.16 centimeters (33.87 inches) falling so far, compared to an annual average of around 4.5 (15 inches).
The wettest winter ever recorded was that of 1883-1884 season, when 38.18 inches fell, meteorologists said.
Uh... come again?
I haven't checked the exchange rates recently, but last I saw, 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Right? So even reversing the units doesn't make sense. What the devil's going on here?
I guess even the weather is too subjective for these guys to get the facts right, anymore.
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