Q for someone in England

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87342

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, abbet659 at h... wrote:

Abbet:
> 1.  In PoA, it says the Firebolt goes 150 mph, I was wonder ing the 
> England editions say 150 kmph or 241kmph which is wat 150mph equals?
>

Geoff:
"The Firebolt has an acceleration of 0-150 miles per hour in ten 
seconds....."

(POA "The Leaky Cauldron" p.43 UK edition)

Although speeds on things like railway lines are tending to be in 
kph, the government hasn't dared suggest km or kph for ordinary road 
distances. They'd get lynched. Joe Public is not particularly pro-
metrication....

 
> 2.  In OoP, Harry and the gang leave for the MoM as the suns going 
> down and Harry gets back as the sun starts coming up, so how long 
is 
> a night at the beginning of June.  I'm in southern California so 
our 
> nights should be quite longer than your.

Geoff:
Around the solstice, the sun would be setting, say, around 9.30-9.45 
and rising possibly about 5.30. These are times in BST, not GMT. I 
haven't got a sunset table to hand so I'm working from memory.