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I had a predisposition to hypoglycemia, which the cold weather and the stress made worse. The outcome was that i contracted full blown diabetes, insulin dependant. Similar to the way that some pregnant women develop diabetes.
I basically went into hyploglycemic shock. My brain shut down as a result of the cold, and the lack of glucose getting to my brain. i very nearly died
We can do that syscom3 but I need to know exactly where the targets are located syscom3.
Soren, why not expend your energy in coming up with a successfull plan to attack the "soft" and poorly defended targets in the Gulf of Mexico.
I already gave you an option. Use your commando's to hijack a ship and use it for operations.
I will again post this chart:
You talk of Anchorage as if that is the climate of the whole state (territory at that time).
I have news for you Soren Anchorage is mild and that average temp you just posted is wrong.
It gets much warmer in the summe time and it gets much much colder in the winter. The average high in the winter time is around 18 F....
Just as you say, you know what you know based off of your experience. I have been there, you have not, so I guess I know what I know based off of my experience...
It works both ways.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet or put all your faith in all of these charts you love so much.
The chart lists the average temp for all months + the lowest highest temperatures. It is a pileup of data from 4/1/1952 to 12/31/2000, so how can it be wrong ?
Soren said:PS: At the moment it's 54 degrees F in Anchorage.
When I was there, the average high in the summer time was 70 to 80 F and the average high in the winter was 18F. That is the temp around Anchorage.
What more can I say, that is based off of actual experience, which you are so fond of using. I guess in this case actual experience does not mean anything, because it is not your actual experience?
Yeah look what time it is there Soren...
Right now it is 10:50 in the morning and the temp is 60F. By noon the temp will be about 70 to 75 (probably closer to 70)...
Source:
Current weather from the municipality of Anchorage website...
Freebird
I am not quite going to answer your question, but I will give you my opinion.
I have never said that small scale raids against the US are not impossible, or that compared to history a greater effort could not have been mounted. however, what I think is a mistake is the diversion of such a large amount of high quality assets off on what I consider to be minor operations. The primary function of the U-Boats has to be the sinking of ships, and any deviation away from that objective by ANY U-Boats, is a defeat for the Axis, and a victory for the allies. What needs to be done is to sink ships by submarine, and to sink ships (or its equivalent) using other means to augment the process.
The ASW weakness would require many more U-Boats to be sent to the western hemisphere immediately upon hostilities breaking out. This would require a re-deployment of the 62 boats in the med, and the 15 boats from the arctic for as rapid as possible re-deployment to the US and carribean. I would also push forward as many of the boats currently under training, about 90 to the US as soon as possible, even if those boats are not fully trained, or trained to quite the samer high standards as are usually demanded in the Km.
Adler it was a simple question, why is it you feel the need to go back to argueing again? Did I say: *You are wrong Adler!*, no I said how can data piled up over 43 years of research be wrong ?
Soren said:I have no problem believing what you say Adler, you've been there, I haven't, and infact the warmer there is the better. But I'm just surprised that the website I referenced can be so terribly wrong ?(You must admit that being off by 10-20 degree's is quite substantial?)
Soren, end the argument about the climate temps of Alaska, because you are sadly mistaken.
The interior sections of Alaska routinely get down to -50 in the winter and is bracketed by two major mountain ranges, both far larger and more extensive than the Alps, and have massive sections of swamp, marsh and bogs, which makes summer travel very difficult.
The only part of Alaska your commando's could hope to penetrate is the Pacific coastal area's. But then, the million doallr question is, why expend do much time and effort to put together a nuisence raid of no value in a backwater part of the war. And since your U-Boat couldnt sail through the arctic to get there, then why not put you sub to better use by sinking allied ships in conjunction with the IJN?
Has anyone here actually been in this terrain in Alaska? {Adler?}
freebird said:Has anyone else here done any work in winter at -40temperatures? I have had to repair equipment outside in {mild, balmy!} Winnipeg when it was -38 degrees {not including wind chill} In -50 you can barely survive, let alone try to make effective attacks