Re: Objectionable material for children

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 10:46 24-01-01 +0200, you wrote:
> > > You can't survive 46 degrees indefinitely.
> >
> > I'll buy that.  It wasn't, however, clear that that's what you meant
> > by "death to humans", especially in context with ones that were more
> > an instant gauge of the temperature.
> >
> > --
> > Andrea Leistra                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>True. It was me throwing a factoid in for dramatic effect. ;o) Probably
>watched too many B-movies recently... "Oh no! They've got a plank of wood
>with a nail in it!"
>
>Hmmm... I wonder at what temperature Instant Death occurs? Or to be fair,
>let's say death within 1 second of exposure. What's the coldest a naked
>human could stand for a second? -100C? -50C?
>
>And the hottest?
>
>Charlie.
>Morbid Wednesdays


IIRC, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, naked humans have 
survived in a room heated to 400°F, and heavily clothed ones in a room 
heated to 500°F, both for some reasonably long period like half an 
hour.  (Someone with the book handy needs to check the exact numbers.)  I 
don't recall anything about cold exposure.




-- Ronn!  :)