I did an exercise in Norway in December. Five people died due to exposure all connected to getting wet in those black fjords and not getting dry and warm fast enough. I was submerged but was close enough to land to get at least dry in a few minutes of not warm.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016, 6:02 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Yep, I was in 32 degree water with ice floating on it two times. Once for > about 90 seconds and once for about 2 minutes. It is an emergency for > certain. > > *From:* Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 16, 2016 4:38 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review - minor spoiler > > > Yea. The most obvious flaw was the ability to jump out of freezing water > and just traipse around. You have to at least strip down and get dry > clothes on to survive. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016, 5:29 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> Revenant >> >> Things bugged me in Gravity. >> Similar things bugged me in Revenant. >> >> While a true story, they were oblivious to the effect of hypothermia and >> cold water exposure in the winter. >> And that old story of climbing inside the carcass of a large mammal to >> get warm has been proven false many times. The animal gets cold about as >> quick as a steak taken off the grill in cold weather. Hunters know that >> they cool off pretty quick. Certainly would not retain heat all night >> long. Could provide shelter though. >> >> OK, I guess. It appeared to have been lots of work to make. Leo did a >> good job. >> >
