From: JohnT on 29 Jul 2006 09:43 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:anbmc2h1f6drbfo2p1k5skhud207ud4b3f(a)4ax.com... > JohnT writes: > >> But, as I said, either may result in death. I didn't suggest an >> association >> with low temperatures. > > But others did, and attempted to present cold and flu deaths as "death > from cold temperatures." Irrelevant to this discussion. Pay attention. JohnT
From: Dave Frightens Me on 29 Jul 2006 10:03 On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:36:16 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> If the cold directly causes the death (i.e., the flu or pneumonia >> wouldn't have killed them with the cold), then it is. > >If the cold causes death with flu or pneumonia, it causes death >without it, too. I suspect a flu or pneumonia would increase the chances of death, don't you? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: mrtravel on 29 Jul 2006 10:45 JohnT wrote: > "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:9i7mc21elai270nuqekg84dfnpmqs15th4(a)4ax.com... > >>JohnT writes: >> >> >>>No, it is not. Hypothermia is an abnormally low body temperature, which >>>in >>>some cases may result in death. >> >>Low = cold >> >> >>>As may influenza, or even a cold. >> >>Neither of these is associated with low temperatures. >> > > > But, as I said, either may result in death. I didn't suggest an association > with low temperatures. Dim Mixi. > But, we were discussion heat or cold related deaths.
From: TOliver on 29 Jul 2006 10:55 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote ... > mrtravel writes: > >> But they still have seasons, despite the water going down the drain with >> the spin in the opposite direction. > > The hemisphere has no effect on the direction in which water spins > when going down the drain. > Whiile the evidence is often not conclusive near the Equator, the Coriolis Effect is worth a few moments of your attention..... (So substantial can it be that at higher latitudes, battleships' main battery fire control systems were designed with it as an input to firing solutions)
From: Dave Frightens Me on 29 Jul 2006 11:34
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:44:52 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> What matters is education. Educated people don't die from heat. > >They die from heat just as much as they die from cold, and potentially >more so because it's harder to protect oneself from heat. In fact it's easier. Humans can tolerate sustained periods of high temperatures if they are educated as to how to survive. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |