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Re: Ah, give someone a calculator.......
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2010 Aug 15, 12:04 +0300
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2010 Aug 15, 12:04 +0300
Yes, I'm more familiar with metric units but I'm aware that for certain applications, like aviation, the English units are kept being used. I don't know why in aviation they can't use 300m instead of 100ft. May be one fears that a change to metric would create a too high risk. So, if English units are the "decent" ones for you, why then you don't click on the link "Page Preferences" at the top of wunderground's page and adjust the units to be shown to those? Since the METAR are in English units you would see the original data without conversion. BTW, regarding English units: I noticed recently that the department stores here in Istanbul indicate the power of air conditioners in BTU. I guess that only a very, very small part of the population in this country knows what this stands for. Marcel