Martinman11

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Weather maps on the print edition.

I was wondering why you changed from using Farenheit to Celsius for the U.S.A. map, as Farenheit is more widely used in North America. Thank you. -Martinman11 23:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

I have not actually switched. I was away yesterday and was unable to do the print edition at its normal time, so I sent Chiacomo the draft and he finshed it and updated the weather maps. I guess I forgot to tell him to use Farenheit for the USA map. All future editions will continue to include the Farenheit USA map. --Cspurrier 23:26, 16 July 2005 (UTC)