On Jul 1, 3:35 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
Freezing rain or embedded thunderstorms would certainly raise the
discomfort level for this pilot more than would temps 100 degrees F.

Not necessarily. Heat kills more readily than cold.

So you haven't been here on the Canadian Prairies in winter, either.
Every winter someone will get a vehicle stuck on a country road and
try to walk a mile or two for help, in a 20-knot wind at -20C. They
don't make it. And it gets much colder than that sometimes. Death
comes quickly. In very cold water, near freezing, an unprotected human
is unconscious in under 20 minutes and dead shortly after that, if he
doesn't drown first. I haven't heard of an unprotected human dying in
a half-hour on the desert at 45C.

Dan