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<P>Equiptment gets brittle at those low temps. I see desiels running 24/7 with heated fuel, shut off the engine and your life may be at risk if you cannot get it started again.</P> <P>I have had excursions to about -65 below (Not including windchill) and I gotta say that properly dressed I can endure it for about 30 minutes at a time with a steady 50 mph wind and higher gusts. After that, I dont think the body is able to withstand it.</P> <P>Another impact of cold weather is the massive calorie burn. I ate around 2500 calories or less a day depending on how good the truckstops were, but in winter I easily tripled that amount choosing carefully where to stop for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Expensive yes but that bag of potato chips and some name brand water does not cut it in that man killing cold.</P> <P>I think it was Western Omlette in the morning with potatoes, butter and sour cream backed by bread and ham or bacon. In the lunch time it was spagetti or similar in large amounts. And dinner would be grade A steak, potatoes, greens and salad backed by more bread. (Either beer or sliced bread) And large amounts of water, coffee and other fluids to fight dehydration.</P> <P>Water is one item that will save you by maintaining your systems in that kind of cold. =) It regulates your metabolism and allows you to function.</P> <P>Ive always considered steam engines cozy in the winter and hell in the summertime.</P>
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