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Article #119Re: Hiking in Skirts
From: Chris Townsend
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:06
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:06
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In message <cf247a$nmr$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> writes >Chris Townsend <Chris@DELETEauchnarrow.demon.co.uk> writes: > >>In message <7uv4qngmy5r.fsf@ipana.research.nokia.com>, MB <*@*.*> writes > >>>In summer, in sunshine, the difference in "hotness" >>>of black vs white is so obvious that I'm sure everyone >>>is familiar with it. It's easy to notice when wearing >>>eg woodland camo: the black spots feel much more hot >>>than the dark green and brown ones and the light green >>>is even less hot. > >>True, but do you feel hotter inside at those spots? I've tried black >>T-shirts in hot weather and although the fabric feels hotter than a >>white one I don't feel noticeably warmer. > >It all adds up. You might end up needing to eat less food if you lose >less body heat. Maybe. I doubt it' significant. > >Have you seen those photographs of Hiroshima survivors who have burn >scars in the pattern of the T-shirt they were wearing when exposed to >the heat blast? Serious burns under the dark bits, undamaged skin >under the light bits. Grim. These days wearing natural rather than synthetic fabrics would be significant. I've seen burns photos showing the difference. We aren't that close to the sun.
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