Most of your chance of survival is mental

Heavy winter clothes can actually help buoyancy for a while but not if you flap and panic and try to swim, which obviously most of us would. Instinct isn't to lay on your back and calmly skull to safety like Vim Hoff would.

I've had a very basic cold water immersion survival lesson. Your chances of survival hinge on the first couple of minutes and staying composed while the shock passes. Then you've got a limited window to find a way out or get hold of something. If you don't, you're f**ked basically as your arms and legs soon stop working and you sink. The effect of water temperature is bloody frightening. 11 degrees sounds quite bearable, it's not.

This all presumes you don't succumb to a heart attack, so you're a man over 50, your odds are immediately slashed drastically. Cheery stuff.

Posted By: Captain Bligh on February 4th 2023 at 12:34:12

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The case of the missing lady in Lancashire. I do find it quite unusual that (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 4, 10:35:58
- I guess the cctv / doorbell camera evidence has helped rule out her leaving the area (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 11:26:36
  - Yep (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:30:56
- She was on a work teams call. Doesn’t sit right with doing it deliberately (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Feb 4, 10:37:04
  - It is very strange and extremely sad (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 4, 11:12:30
    - Doesn’t look a nice place to go into (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:15:25
      - Wonder if they have forensics from the bank (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 4, 11:18:31
        
        I think they’d have said if they had a decent lead (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:29:15
        
        Wearing those clothes, it could be all over v quickly (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 11:30:42
  - Idk, I’ve been Teams calls where I’ve lost the will to live (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 4, 11:03:28
  - I wonder 8f she somehow slipped and knocked herself out just before (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 4, 10:45:43
    - She was wearing an ankle length quilted coat, wellies and jeans (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 11:28:22
      - Most of your chance of survival is mental (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 4, 12:34:12
      - Absolutely. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 4, 11:59:23
      - And she was actually wearing 2 coats (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:34:12
        
        Indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 11:35:09
    - Maybe. Either way it’s very sad for the family. A lot of the time we wouldn’t hear (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Feb 4, 10:46:31
  - Probably was an accident, juts thought the public announcement so soon was unusual (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 4, 10:39:33
    - It’s been a week so not sure how that’s soon (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 10:49:03
    - Yeh. Especially with no body found or other evidence etc (n/m) (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Feb 4, 10:45:40

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