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[VHFcontesting] No Data+only annecdotal speculation=wrongsolution

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Subject: [VHFcontesting] No Data+only annecdotal speculation=wrongsolution
From: w2ev@arrl.net (Ev Tupis (W2EV))
Date: Thu Jun 19 16:44:39 2003
In reply to my post of:
> >Fact: The more ice cream is consumed in London, England...the 
> >      greater the number of deaths due to frostbite in Cape Town
         South Africa.
> >Fallacy: By banning the sale of ice cream in London, South African lives
> >         can be saved.
> >
> >Lesson: Armchair analysts examining annecdotal information are bound to 
> >arrive
> >at incorrest conclusions.

John Rice (K9IJ) wrote:
> Hate to burst your bubble. It never freezes in Cape Town. Average Temp is 74.
> Average 'winter' temp is 66.


http://www.stadtklima.de/webklima/CITIES/africa/za/Kapstadt/Kapstadt.htm

It looks like it does (freeze) to me.  Is it an often occurance?  Of course
not.  But "It never freezes" is wrong.  Point made.

Ev, W2EV

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