-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <Pine.3.89.9608112235.A16390-0100000@netcom3>, Z.B. <zachb@netcom.com> wrote:
Now that may not sound like too much, but the lines were carrying at least 3000Mw of electricity, enough "to power 3-1/2 Seattles for a day" (quote from local newspaper).
<GRUMBLE> Watts are a measure of energy per unit time; it makes sense to say "60 W powers a light bulb", not "60 W powers a light bulb for one hour". </GRUMBLE> But my _favourite_ example of this was a newspaper clipping I used to have that said that in the previous month, the city had received "160 square pounds of rain". That just defied common sense. - Ian "closely followed by temperatures 'doubling' (which happens more often when they use Celcius)" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMg+llkZRiTErSPb1AQHvDwQAqdxKaHm4PewE6e78gAGNTs/bBsbnXbKt +kIpplEjU70eK+zREpbvemc2//dEkH4ilW1FKvkWef7Tc06kPghEHp5HfWGCq/oq Je85MyEOrqrnoADO0ehS5iqnyLFb5lRX5ksciv+GtV4GcS8vnRF3m0ulQZONKBSG 9/wqC6Pmbgc= =ozoT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----