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Posted by calamity on January 12, 2008 at 6:14:20 pm EST

From National Weather Service site:

"In 2006, hypothermia claimed only 2 lives, dramatically down from 24 in 2005 and 27 in 2004. This total is well below the 10-year average for cold-related fatalities of 18."

If you cut out psychotic homeless people, drunks, and destitute elderly, these figures suggest that outdoor recreation presents nearly no risk of hypothermia.

Common sense is perhaps remarkably pervasive.

Either that, or, the preachers of outdoor safety are remarkably effective in educating the miserably ignorant masses.

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• Re: Perils of Winter - kutenay 21:53:12 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 21:25:51 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - kutenay 18:23:59 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - Bill S 18:08:25 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 18:00:03 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - f_klock 17:36:14 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 15:24:01 01/30/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - kutenay 23:30:45 01/28/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - Bill S 20:00:52 01/28/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - rexim 14:33:11 01/23/2008
  • Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 16:00:43 01/23/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - kutenay 10:35:02 01/23/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 02:00:19 01/23/2008
  • Re: Perils of Winter - FMD 12:32:23 01/23/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - calamity 21:09:08 01/22/2008
  • Re: Perils of Winter - rexim 23:38:54 01/22/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - FMD 11:15:34 01/22/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - Tom D 16:42:24 01/17/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - Fred 14:31:17 01/17/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - rexim 13:51:28 01/17/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - f_klock 13:09:30 01/17/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - Fred 11:46:14 01/17/2008
• Re: Perils of Winter - kutenay 11:20:23 01/17/2008
  • Re: Perils of Winter - FMD 11:11:11 01/22/2008

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