Well having trained up in the Arctic during my brief stint with the CAF (had to pay for part of my college somehow), I know for a fact that there is nothing and nowhere as bad as the high Arctic in late December and early January. In terms of weather, it should be a cakewalk for them.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 5:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: How long? > > > At 10:15 AM 11/2/01 -0500, you wrote: > >I think that the Soviets tried that once before. > > > >An interesting side note, apparently Canada has sent over > one of its own > >Special Ops units, called the JTF2 at the request of the US. > From what I > >understand from my friends in the Canadian Armed Forces, this unit > >specializes in Arctic operations. > > > >larry > > That's because winter blizzards in Afghanistan start in October. > > It gets very cool over there, and with the aid convoys unable > to enter the > country because of the bombing, there are going to be a lot > of starving, > freezing innocents over the next couple of months. > > I just got back from vacation, two news free weeks at Fantasy > Fest in Key > West. It was bliss, but I discovered on my return that I > can't ignore the > news any longer. And it sure is depressing. > > Mo > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
