On 14/15 February 2012, a winter storm front passed over the Eastern provinces of Canada. Ambient temperatures fell to -20 degrees Celsius, with strong winds and heavy snow adding to the exposure...
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On 14/15 February 2012, a winter storm front passed over the Eastern provinces of Canada. Ambient temperatures fell to -20 degrees Celsius, with strong winds and heavy snow adding to the exposure risk. Three days later, utility workers encountered a stranded vehicle on a remote gravel road in rural Frontenac County in eastern Ontario. Inside, they found the body of a middle-aged man. The ignition of the vehicle was on, but the fuel tank was found to be empty and the battery was completely drained of charge. The man was found sitting upright in the passenger seat, frozen to death. His hands were resting in his lap, clutching a flipcam video camera. Authorities were able to retrieve the footage to identify the victim. This is an edited version of what they found.... "Hello, I’m ROBwithaB, and this is ’One Hundred and One Ways to Make Fire’. At least, I hope it is, because we’ve got a problem. As you can see by the way I’m dressed, I’m not in my home environment. In fact, I’m not anywhere close. Where I am is in rural Canada, and that’s where I’m going to be staying, because the car’s broken down. The temperature forecast for tonight is to go down to about minus sixteen Celsius. Now, I could stay in the car all night, but the problem with the car is: for the same reason that you can see out the windows, rays of heat, the infrared, can escape through the glass as well. So it will keep me out of the wind, but I’m wanting to make a fire and I’m wanting to make a fire pretty <b>...</b>
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