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To: Ilaine who wrote (52748)	6/29/2000 2:22:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<I don't know what the temperature was, but I understand that the water around an iceberg is cold. >> The North Atlantic never has been described as balmy, that's why you find bergs there. When they hit warmer water they melt. <<Seems like I've read that some people survived by floating on deck chairs, but now I have to look that up.>> Anything to keep you out of the water. A guy could have gotten rich with a couple of cases of truck innertubes. Dry is the best. Wet and out of the water next best. In the water is bad because as a persons body warms the water inside his clothes new cold water invades. Even garbage bags would have helped.

To: Ilaine who wrote (52748)	6/29/2000 2:22:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

Based on my entirely practical knowledge of how the ocean is off Nova Scotia, I figure it would have been.......uhm... mind-numbingly cold when the Titanic went down. I wouldn't have given anyone more than 2 or 3 minutes in the water to survive without some kind of protective gear. Just a little anecdotal stuff here, but I just love to swim in the ocean... even in water that is cold enough to put most people on the run, but about 5 years ago, I tried to go in swimming at Michaud Beach up on the north-eastern shore of Cape Breton Island in late July. Damned if I just COULD NOT get into the water past my hips... and within a couple of minutes, I had the kind of horrible head-clanging headache that you get when you drink an absolutely frigid milkshake... ugh... Also, while crossing the Bay of Fundy on the big ferry, the spray from the ocean accumulated rapidly as thick frozen rime on the handrails near the front of the ship on a very hot, sunny morning... So, yeah... getting dunked in the Atlantic Ocean on the 15th of April in any year would not be fun at all

To: Ilaine who wrote (52748)	6/29/2000 2:33:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

BTW, speaking of "practical experiences"... if anyone is ever contemplating going whale-watching in the Bay of Fundy off Brier Island... bring along your wool toque, mittens and a warm coat, even if you're going there in late July or August. If the wind gets up or the clouds come out, you really feel like you're going to freeze in a matter of minutes... Which reminds me... We have a photo around here somewhere...hmmm...should scan it just for fun.. It's of Mr. Croc and my mom along with some other passengers after 3 hours of motoring around looking at whales on a very hot summer day. Everyone has their windbreakers zipped up and their hoods over their heads. Some of them were looking pretty frigid... Meanwhile, this Croc and another young woman were tearing around looking at whales and clicking away photos just wearing our shorts and sweatshirts... but then it helps to have all of that cold reptilian blood flowing through my veins....