[VHFcontesting] No Data+only annecdotal speculation=wrong solution

John K9IJ k9ij at vx5.com
Thu Apr 10 13:04:03 EDT 2003


At 07:15 AM 4/10/2003 -0400, Ev Tupis (W2EV) wrote:
>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


Uhhhhh. Degrees CENTIGRADE .........



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

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