Re: 2005 was the hottest year on record

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:50:10 GMT, ehsjr <ehsjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>>
>>>On 26 Jan 2006 13:59:27 -0800, Winfield Hill
>>><Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jim Thompson wrote...
>>>>
>>>>>I'd go for banning ALL energy consumption for climate control...
>>>>>heat can be tolerated, freezing cold cannot... a good way to
>>>>>clear out all the leftist weenies ;-)
>>>>
>>>>Folks in cold climates can always wear more clothes. Folks
>>>>in warm climates may die of heat stroke. Especially if they
>>>>blow too much hot air, so be careful. :-)
>>>
>>>Naaah! 120°F is quite tolerable in the shade. I don't care how many
>>>clothes you have on, at -20°F sustained you die.
>>>
>>> Jim Thompson
>>
>>
>>
>> Once again you are blinded by your blatant ignorance. The military
>> wouldn't even schedule cold weather survival training until it was below
>> -20 in the daytime. Then they gave you a tent half, a shovel, a few
>> matches and some 30 year old WWII rations. You had to make your own
>> shelter with a small tree or bush, the tent half and snow. Then you had
>> to gather frozen firewood and try to keep a fire burning during the
>> days. Each night all you had to keep you warm was three layers of
>> clothing and a sleeping bag since you couldn't risk a fire close enough
>> to your shelter. If it was close enough to provide any heat it would
>> melt the snow and you would be without your layer of insulation. Unless
>> you had a strong wind blowing, you had to leave a space open in the flap
>> of the sleeping bag to keep from being too warm.
>
>And that was the training for going to Vietnam... :-)
>
>Ed
>
>
><snip>

Michael A. Terrell needs to learn to read. What does "sustained"
mean? Certainly he's not a scientist ;-0

...Jim Thompson
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