# It's 5°F and could blizzard. I fall into a stupor on a snowbank, will I be like in The Shining?

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**Created:** [January 8, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5-f-and-could-blizzard-i-fall-into-a-stupor-on-a-snowbank-will-i-be-like-in-the-shining/678314 "2014-01-08T21:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5-f-and-could-blizzard-i-fall-into-a-stupor-on-a-snowbank-will-i-be-like-in-the-shining/678314/1 "2014-01-08T21:11:14Z")

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_ **Spoilers below.** _  
This weather is getting to me. First I wonder if I can notice lung-warming by smoking, and now this: after intense research known as a Wiki “[hypothermia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia)” consult, and following a few refs, I know about the water-immersed conclusions.

What if I ran and ran for the bus and conked out, and everybody disappeared at that moment? Would I be a full [Jack Torrance](http://grizzlybomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FrozenJackTorrance.jpg) by sun-up?

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**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5-f-and-could-blizzard-i-fall-into-a-stupor-on-a-snowbank-will-i-be-like-in-the-shining/678314/2 "2014-01-08T21:22:58Z")

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Depends on how long it is between conked and sun-up I suppose.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-5-f-and-could-blizzard-i-fall-into-a-stupor-on-a-snowbank-will-i-be-like-in-the-shining/678314/3 "2014-01-09T00:33:14Z")

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Well, that’s my point, and of course on the weather, my clothing, physical state, etc., as described in general hypothermia, despite the joke hed. Which serves me right if no-one else looks at the post.

I suspect the Jack Torrance thing is equivalent to the Hollywood I’m just shot in the side I’ll go on fighting.