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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Hypothermia
Message-ID: <301@drivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 13:15:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 13:15:06 1986
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References: <1292@decwrl.DEC.COM>
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Organization: Digital Research, Monterey, CA
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In article <1292@decwrl.DEC.COM> mahoney@bach.DEC writes:
>
>.... Can anyone tell me
>if US News is correct or incorrect and if they are incorrect what is the
>higher bound for the temperature?

Any temperature less than body temperature, and you'll start getting colder.
But normal activity and metabolism and the sun shining on you, etc., should
be enough to keep you warm. 50 degrees would just freeze you that much faster.
The body temperature, if lowered below 70 degrees, will kill you.

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