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Brooklyn Man Dies Of Hypothermia After Being Stranded In Car
NY1 ^ | Jan 29, 2007 | unatributed

Posted on 01/29/2007 11:47:25 AM PST by xcamel

A Brooklyn man froze to death in his car after he and his wife spent 32 hours stranded in below zero temperatures upstate.

The couple was driving home from a wedding in Montreal when their car crashed off Interstate-87 around 1 a.m. Thursday.

Barbara Langner had tried to call for help with her cell phone but couldn't get service.

Family members reported them missing, and state police found the couple Friday in their Lincoln Town Car in North Hudson, about 90 miles north of Albany.

When authorities found the couple, Alfred Langner – who was 63 – had died of hypothermia. Barbara Langner is hospitalized. She suffered frostbite and also hurt her back.


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: apa; cellphone; climatechange; enviros; globalwarming; hypothermia; popsicle; warming; weather
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The APA and the enviro-nazis still refuse to allow real cell phone towers/service along what has become an "interstate deathtrap"
1 posted on 01/29/2007 11:47:34 AM PST by xcamel
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To: xcamel

This kind of tragedy can be prevented with a little preparation. Canadians are taught to take an emergency kit along, when traveling remote roads in the winter. Even a blanket and a candle (for heat) can keep you alive till help arrives. A can of Sterno and some instant soup would also help.


2 posted on 01/29/2007 11:55:46 AM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

I had a kit when I lived in Michigan, but nowadays with everyone having a 4X4 and cellphone they probably don't even have a coat with them.


3 posted on 01/29/2007 11:58:02 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: xcamel

ALWAYS pack some blankets when traveling in cold weather.

ALWAYS pack extra drinks when traveling in hot weather.

Basic rules to live by.


4 posted on 01/29/2007 11:58:45 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: xcamel

The APA?


5 posted on 01/29/2007 11:58:51 AM PST by dangus
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

If you have an empty coffee can...or a can of equal size, you can get some heat by placing the lit candle in the can (of course you drop some wax in the bottom to keep the candle from slipping)...


6 posted on 01/29/2007 11:59:02 AM PST by auto power
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To: xcamel

RIP. Prayers for the wife's full recovery.


7 posted on 01/29/2007 11:59:21 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: dangus

Adirondack Park Agency


8 posted on 01/29/2007 11:59:22 AM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA; All
read this one before you get all "survivalist" on the poor couple:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01282007/news/regionalnews/death_freeze_trap_regionalnews_john_doyle_____and_leela_de_kretser.htm

9 posted on 01/29/2007 12:02:44 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: Abathar

Excellent point. I have a usually bright daughter, but understanding the elements in this day and age is not something she does. I rushed after her one morning last week with her coat. It was well down in the teens. She said that her car was warm when it got heated. I reminded her that it could break down. But she has a cell phone. Take the coat! What kids will do to get rid of Mom standing out in the snow arguing with her child. And they wonder why we worry.


10 posted on 01/29/2007 12:04:45 PM PST by twigs
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ALWAYS pack extra drinks when traveling in hot weather.

How many six packs would that be?

11 posted on 01/29/2007 12:05:53 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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To: from occupied ga
"How many six packs would that be?"

Where I live we measure distance in beers. 30 miles is a 12 pack for 2 people. / sarc.
12 posted on 01/29/2007 12:11:48 PM PST by Beagle8U
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To: xcamel

The story doesnt mention the fact that the woman was pinned.


13 posted on 01/29/2007 12:20:31 PM PST by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democrat Party". - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: xcamel
I didn't mean to be insensitive -- it was tragic.

It could also happen to anyone; so I hope FReepers travel prepared.
14 posted on 01/29/2007 12:24:58 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Beagle8U
Where I live we measure distance in beers. 30 miles is a 12 pack for 2 people.

When you said this I thought you were from Texas were distances are indeed measured in six packs.

15 posted on 01/29/2007 12:40:15 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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To: antiRepublicrat

"ALWAYS pack extra drinks when traveling in hot weather."

Agreed. And my friend from Southern California tells me you better have a few gallons of water with you if you're traveling RT. 10 between SoCal and Arizona during the summer. Not fun if you're broken down in the desert in 100 + degree temperatures in the summer without water.


16 posted on 01/29/2007 12:48:44 PM PST by ScottfromNJ
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Not fun if you're broken down in the desert in 100 + degree temperatures in the summer without water.

Been there, done that, except I had a half-full (by the that time) ice chest in the back. Pre cell phone days, chilling out on the back with a nice cold drink waiting for someone I could flag down, then for another several hours waiting for the tow truck.

Being prepared turned a potential horror story into a nice, lazy day. For this couple, it could have turned a death into a prolonged warm snuggle in the back seat.

17 posted on 01/29/2007 1:19:59 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Beagle8U

Many many years ago, I took a geology class at the local J.C..The instructor on the first night of class mentioned that he was a volunteer ranger during summer and was tired of looking for lost hikers. Therefore, he said that we'd all have to give up one of our Saturdays and he would teach us all how to use a compass and a map.

I raised my hand, and declined his kind invitation to give up one of my Saturdays, as he could rest assured he would not have to come look for me.

He became somewhat indignant that I didn't want to come play with him, and asked how I could be so sure he wouldn't have to come look for me as a lost hiker.

I told him, well sport, I learned to use a map and compass as a Marine squad leader in the Nam where it was really really important, and that now, I never hiked further than a 12 pack, and followed my empties back to the starting point for more.

He was not a happy camper. Since it was so many years ago, most of the class was made up of vets, and when he said we do it or fail, we withdrew, and his class was cancelled for not having enough students. Hippie enviro communist instructor lost a paycheck.


18 posted on 01/29/2007 1:20:12 PM PST by stumpy
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To: stumpy; BIGLOOK; freema
bttt

Hippie enviro communist instructor lost a paycheck.

19 posted on 01/29/2007 1:53:55 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76; stumpy; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; ...

stumpy's Post #18 : )


20 posted on 01/29/2007 2:57:59 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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