AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort

Tue Jan 16 12:47:03 UTC 2007

On Sun 14 Jan 2007 (01:51 -0800), Bill Woodcock wrote:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621
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> 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?

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...

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Jim Segrave           jes at nl.demon.net