On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:28:51 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>

>can only assume that your drenched clothing somehow kept you a few 
>degrees cooler than that or something. (Surely water must evapourate 
>stupidly fast at almost boiling point!)
>
At those temperatures your clothing is bone dry. If it had been wet then there
is a big chance of being scalded. (Counter intuitive, I know)

>Reminds me of the time I was trapped by a fire. I didn't realise that 
>skin could actually excrete water that fast. I'm not kidding, I had 
>water *pouring* off me like water flows out of a tap. I have no idea how 
>much water there is in the human body, but I'd suggest fatal dehydration 
>couldn't take very long at that speed. (I had one *bad* headache 
>afterwards!)

It is amazing how fast you can sweat once you get started.
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Regards
     Stephen

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