corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) English28•6 months agotwo football fields
Can we get that in micro-furlongs? Is there a universally-recognized-and-used measurement system that doesn’t rely on American hand-egg sports fields for comparison? Some kind of common metric?
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 4•6 months agoI really wish they would just say 200yds and then if someone wants to imagine 2 football fields to visualize it then they can do that.
TonyTonyChopper ( @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ) English6•6 months agoor, hear me out, use the metre
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 3•6 months agoIf we’re being approximate, Meters and Yards are approximately the same.
But if you want exact then 200yds = 182m
Anyway, I actually have both an Imperial and a Metric tape measure in my junk drawer. When someone asks for a tape measure I hand them the metric one just to fuck with them.
acockworkorange ( @acockworkorange@mander.xyz ) English1•6 months agoAre people really that more inclined to sex after seeing a metric tape measure?
BruceTwarzen ( @BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ) 5•6 months agoThat would be great if we all were middle aged peasants
Texas_Hangover ( @Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee ) English4•6 months agoWhat if its soccer football fields? Will that shut you up?
mayooooo ( @MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org ) English3•6 months agoThis is four megacups (thats a tea cup)
Lemonparty ( @Lemonparty@lemm.ee ) English1•6 months ago600 feet, ~182 feet! It’s pretty small geologically speaking, but huge from a visual/human perspective.
Ekky ( @ekky@sopuli.xyz ) English18•6 months agoHow much are “2 football fields” again in non-freedom units? ~1 hectare?
hemko ( @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•6 months agoApproximately 10700 washing machines
gamermanh ( @gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•6 months ago100 yards (90ish meters) X 53 yards (50ish m)
Technically it’s 120 with the end zones but when people say “in football fields” they usually mean 100 yards, its just a culturally relevant shorthand for that tbh
Size in football fields almost never means width as well, just length
Though this looks like it might literally be about the size of 2 actual American Football fields so maybe it’s appropriate to use that measurement this time
morbidcactus ( @morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ) English2•6 months agoTotally get it’s supposed to be American football, but for fun and added confusion a Canadian football field is 10 yards longer and 12 yards wider at 110x65 or 150x65 if you include end zones.
Obviously we should refer to the American size as US customary football fields and the Canadian as imperial football field just avoid ambiguity!!
Ekky ( @ekky@sopuli.xyz ) English2•6 months agoOh, I never realized that “football fields” were a measurement of only length and not area.
This does explain some confusion I’ve had in the past. Thank you for the explanation to my not-so-serious question.
Igloojoe ( @Igloojoe@lemm.ee ) English1•6 months agoWhat about arena football?
That’s what is fun about measuring in freedom units! It can be whatever you want! Fuck accuracy!
Lemonparty ( @Lemonparty@lemm.ee ) English2•6 months ago~600 feet or about *meters!
JillyB ( @JillyB@beehaw.org ) English1•6 months agoThis answer amuses me
Lemonparty ( @Lemonparty@lemm.ee ) English1•6 months agoI was super confused until I read it again 🤦🏻♂️I’ve adjusted it now lol
Chariotwheel ( @Chariotwheel@kbin.social ) 9•6 months agoDutch heavy breathing
This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to satellite imagery, Japan’s Noto Peninsula was rattled and slightly enlarged when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck on January 1.
Preliminary satellite analysis and on-the-ground surveys have found that the earthquake raised land along the coast — a process called uplift — by as much as 4 meters, roughly 13 feet.
That means the sea floor along the coast has now risen above the water in many places on the Noto Peninsula, creating newly exposed beaches.
In some places, the earthquake extended the coastline by as much as 250 meters, or about 820 feet, according to a statement from the University of Tokyo.
Locals fishing in a bay on the peninsula reported that “the entire coastline was uplifted at the time of the earthquake, that the uplift in the bay occurred at the same time as the earthquake, and that the tsunami in the bay did not run up to the raised port,” the university’s statement said, according to a Google translation from Japanese to English.
The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan published a preliminary satellite analysis of the Noto Peninsula.
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NegativeLookBehind ( @NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social ) 1•6 months agoFree real estate! Set up a ramen shop