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Posted by copey [206.80.248.255] on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 18:29:35 :
In Reply to: for u guys where its really cold! posted by Kaegi [24.113.81.122] on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 16:08:29 :
when my dad was workng on the alcan hiway a group of men (7) froze to death in a storm > in the back of the truck > a 6x6 was fuel oil and tires ,spares ? fact of the matter is > if the poor souls that where there considered burning the fuel and the tires they would have survived > my dad was a canadian medical officer asigned to U S rangers at the time > pop said probably hypo thermia set in and confused the men or they would have survived > sory cant scan and post the pic > the acid test of all equipment is the ability of equipment to work and perform in the cold and U S engineered equipment worked well in the push to build the road a great effort by men in time of need ~ Copey