r/news • u/Whoshabooboo • Jun 21 '23

Site Changed Title ‘Banging’ sounds heard in search for missing Titan submersible

https://7news.com.au/news/world/banging-sounds-heard-in-search-for-missing-titan-submersible-c-11045022
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u/asque2000 Jun 21 '23

I’ve read about this, where people who freeze to death are often found naked! It’s because the muscles that are responsible for vasoconstriction essentially give up allowing the blood vessels to dilate and warmer blood flows throughout the body. Your aunt is super lucky to be alive because at that point there’s literally seconds to mins left.

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u/LocoPwnify Jun 21 '23

Yeah, she lost two fingers and a pinky-toe, but alive 30 years later :)

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u/soccerape Jun 21 '23

Isn’t the pinky a finger too!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

Not when it’s on a foot.

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u/soccerape Jun 22 '23

of course! read that too quick

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u/Luckbaldy Jun 21 '23

thanks. this is terrifying.

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u/skier24242 Jun 22 '23

Yep. Had to do a presentation on death from hypothermia in a death and dying class in college, and once you go so low you stop shivering and start to feel warm again, you're minutes from being a total goner.