Re: The temperature was 51 C. in the shade Tuesday, Taliban insurgents as relentless as Afghanistan's summer heat

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From: Arved Sandstrom
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:05

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<bunghole-jonnie@lycos.com> wrote in message 
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> Nobody wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> > KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The temperature was 51 C in the shade
>> > Tuesday, according to the red and white Maple Leaf thermometer on
>> > the wall outside the Canadian Forces office that books soldiers'
>> > leave to cooler climates.
>>
>> Give it a rest Daily.  Now you are acting like Markie Hansel.
>
> People acclimatized to high temps can function much better than those
> from a much cooler climate.
[ SNIP ]

And the acclimatization process to any weather condition - extreme dry cold, 
wet cold, humid heat, extreme dry heat - takes under a month. Were that not 
so, your average citizen here in Canada would have a pretty rough existence. 
I've been subjected to average temperature shifts of 20 deg C in one 
direction, then in another, in short order, and it's not a major problem.

Canadian troops who have been in Afghanistan for at least a few weeks will 
be as acclimatized to the conditions as the Taliban are.

AHS

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