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Re: [Phys-l] Gotta love these HeadLine Writers!



I was not referring to the particular article, but rather the radio and television newscasts of the past week that I ran across, including those quick, 20 second updates. At least half of them reported the heat index as the temperature.

Bill



On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:35 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

The news and weather article listed both and identified the perceived temp. as "feels like".

bc extremely puzzled by W. R.'s complaint, and thinks figurative language appropriate for such a news article.

p.s. the article even explains the cause of "heat index".