From: null@void.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
      
   > "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1frdb98w6.fsf@void.com...   
   >   
   > The Mediterranean Sea is the one (and only?) with the temperature which   
   > is far away from the modal temperature.   
   > It's enclosed tiny entrance through the Straights of Gibraltar / The   
   > Gates of Heracles.  The global ocean currents don't feature inside.   
   > We know here in Cornwall - the Navy had a couple of supply ships built   
   > for them, and that Pacific Ocean nation didn't know that.   
   >   
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   >   
   > That's surprising, naval stories from the Pacific mention 80F ocean   
   > temperatures. Shipwreck survivors could survive floating for   
   > days. Google AI claims 25-30C.   
   >   
   > The first colonists here expected climate similar to European   
   > latitudes and were rudely, sometimes lethally surprised by the much   
   > wider extremes.   
      
   I stand corrected.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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