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To: Ilaine who wrote (52732)6/29/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<Many men got into the water wearing life belts, but the water was so cold that they died of hypothermia, not drowning. >>

If memory serves me right from my hunting days, a person can stay conscious around 15 - 20 minutes in 35 degree water. Plus back in those times the life jackets weren't designed to keep an unconscious wearer's face out of the water.