Has metric system arrived? Not by a mile From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 19, 2001| Author: MARC SCHOGOL | Copyright 2001 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Has metric system arrived? Not by a mile

Officials won't touch issue with a 10-foot (3.04-meter) pole

By MARC SCHOGOL

Knight Ridder News Service

Sunday, August 19, 2001

Philadelphia -- When meteorologists forecast record heat in the mid-Atlantic states earlier this month, they didn't predict it would hit 37.8 degrees Celsius.

When hydrologists reported how much less rain has fallen than normal, they didn't give the totals in millimeters.

When of...

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