On 31/10/2014 08:32, stuart noble wrote:
On 31/10/2014 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote:
The body does shiver for a while to keep warm, but there are limits, and
that seems to be governed by your core temperature dropping by nearly 2
degrees. Of course prolonged cold make the body keep the blood inside the
bodies main organs, shutting circulation off to extremities. if this
goes
on too long tissue dies, ie frostbbite etc.

So its all in the timing and the core temperature. Of course if your
clothing starts to get wet as well and there is a wind, then you have far
less time to do something about it.
Brian


A mate of mine died from hypothermia, fully clothed, inside his flat in
the month of May. He was incredibly drunk though


Blimey! Sorry to hear that.