Jim Segrave wrote:
On Sun 14 Jan 2007 (01:51 -0800), Bill Woodcock wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621
A few numbers to help understand the scale of the effort being applied.
Is it just me or is this article a migraine inducing mix of metric and English measures?
you're lucky they also didn't use nautical miles and fathoms (1.829 meters in si units)...
down to about 4,000 metres (2.5 miles), ...
100 metres (yards) long ...
waiting for 30 to 40 mile-an-hour winds (48 to 64 kilometres- an-hour) to die down...
The winds have stirred up 10 to 12 metre waves....
Today's fibre optic cables are just 21 millimetres in diameter....
The grapnel is a metal tool about 18 by 24 inches (46 by 61 centimetres) ...
Arrgh...