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


I sent the link to a friend. His reply, "maybe with the vacuum in Washington, water is actually boiling at 100F."


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From: "Marty Weiss" <martweiss@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 2:37 pm
Subject: [Phys-l] Gotta love these HeadLine Writers!
To: "marx@phy.ilstu.edu" <marx@phy.ilstu.edu>, "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>

Actually, there were many new records set last weekend. Mostly in Texas and the Mid-west, but here in the Philly area, Saturday's high of 103 was a record.

Marty


On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:28 PM, David Marx wrote:

Look, we scientists can think for ourselves. Thank you very much!

I think that the reporters should be giving the air temps and speaking of records, if any, with regard to
those. They such use the term "heat index" for the parameter that combines air termperature and
humidity. In fact, there were relatively few new temperature records set in the past two weeks. Yet,
the media was making it out there there were hundreds of new temperature records set.




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