Re: Weather

Oops!

> > Kitty 
> > Latitude: 41.1037 N
> > Longitude: 85.0584 W

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> kmrsy@comcast.net wrote: 
> > OK, Jim, now I need more info. I got my Longitude and latitude, but I 
> > also got my MSA and FIPS. I figured out the MSA is my Metropolitan 
> > Statistical Area which probably has something to do with the census. But 
> > the FIPS has me puzzled. I found this definition: 
> > 
> > FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) are a set of standards 
> > that describe document processing, provide standard algorithms for 
> > searching, and provide other information processing standards for use 
> > within government agencies. 
> > 
> > 
> > So who uses my FIPS? 
> > 
> > Kitty 
> > Latitude: 41.1037 
> > Longitude: 85.0584 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=+++++++++++++ 
> Is that Latitude N or S ? Longitude E or W ? It makes a bit of 
> a difference in the weather...:-) 
> As for FIPS, I haven't a clue. I do know about FIPS in general, 
> having been a FED once, but I can only hypothesize that FIPS 
> may be a convenient shorthand notation for counties within or 
> between states. I'll go back to that ZIP place and see what I can make 
> of it. 
> -jrf 
> -- 
> Jim Fisher 
> Vienna, Virginia USA 
> 38.9 N 77.2 W 
> USDA Zone 7 
> Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C] 
> 
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