Reality sets in

Well Unless you have been living under a Rock you have heard about the men that were lost at sea. Well I was thinking about that situation while I was in the shower (no homo) and thought about what If I was out there would I survive the elements, and predators of the sea? I was thinking damn, all that water and no land for Miles, Freezing water and I'm in the Gulf of Mexico shark infested water. Well while thinking all this the water gets cold in the shower and woke me outta my, "I wonder" Mode. Umm I don't know if I would've survived that seeing how quick I got out the shower when the water turned cold. Well here's the update from Sandrarose.com that made alot of sense to me to why they could not hold on to the boat.

Medical Minute: Why Only One Boater Survived
Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Yesterday, loyal member KaraZ requested a follow-up post on the four missing boaters after she read reports that three of the men removed their life vests and simply drifted off. She thought there was something fishy going on.

In reality, it is a miracle that one of the men survived. At the time the boaters went missing, the temperature of the water in the Gulf of Mexico was an average of 64 degrees. The normal body temperature is 98.6. Any deviation in either direction of that range can result in the break down of vital bodily functions, leading to death.

As you know, if your temperature drops too far below normal, the brain sends a signal to the body to begin shivering — which in turn brings your body temperature back up due to the friction of the muscles.

But if you are exposed to the cold for a prolonged period of time, the shivering eventually stops. Once the shivering stops, confusion begins to set in and the patient loses his ability to think and speak clearly. In a last ditch effort to keep the vital organs (such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys) warm, the brain shunts warm blood away from the hands and feet and into the core of the body.

When the blood leaves the hands they become numb making it impossible to perform simple tasks such as holding onto the side of a boat.