[cloudwalking]

It’s not actually Dallas Texas, it’s The Dalles Oregon. Much smaller town. Bad journalism.

[rvnx]

and somewhat a bit condescending / insulting with a joke as well: "With more than a hundred 100F (37.7C in non-Freedom units)" non-Freedom units...

[lacksconfidence]

Perhaps you haven't lived the same life they have, where receiving condescension for using your normal weights and measures is par for the course. Not saying it's justified, but when it's something you expect to receive it's not unheard of to head it off ahead of time with the same tone that you tend to receive.

[youngtaff]

Rest of the world uses Celcius and reasonable date formats isn’t it about time the US caught up?