On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:36:54 -0500 (EST) "James C. Owen, III"
> Several of the TV stations here in the Washington DC area
> are telling us to carry candles and a 5 lb coffee can.
>Then if stranded we can keep from freezing by burning the candle in
>the coffee can.
Hi again.
Here's the short form.
A candle can produce 5 liters of carbon monoxide, raising the level in a
car to roughly 0.1%. That is 30 times the maximum allowed by NIOSH.
One candle probably won't kill you, just make you sick (nausea,
headache, dizziness). Two candles...
It can produce about as much heat as you do if you shiver. It can raise
the temperature in the car by a few degrees, at best, because a car has
lousy insulation (windows).
You can insulate yourself very effectively. Cover your head and neck.
Put a muffler over your mouth to trap and re-breath moisture
(respiratory water loss = 10% of your heat loss at rest). Eat. Put
a baklava, muffler, mittens (old socks?), plastic water flask and snacks
in your tin (I recommend twinkies. They have a shelf life of 12,000
years and in a pinch can be used to club pesky badgers.) Put in
candles if you really like the taste, just don't light 'em. Carry an
old sleeping bag in your car.
I hope those TV stations have good liability insurance. Some widow will
want to collect.
That's the short form. I've got a long version (still incomplete) if
anyone is interested.
ob QRP -- I haven't started on my NC 38S yet because I keep responding
to the list!
73, ; D DWink@Juno.com Dan Winkler N7IVR Seattle, WA
----------whom the gods would destroy, they first make proud ----------
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