[TheForge] Post vise ? plastic clothing dangers

[Mike Linn]

Wool also says warm when it gets wet. Not so bad in late January.

Mike
(6 yrs USN with wool dress blue uniforms in July)


>Also on the issue of plastic versus natural materials for clothing, I seem
>to remember that the British Navy changed from wool over to Polypropelene
>long Johns prior to that Falklands skirmish thing.
>They found out that it was a BIG mistake, the sailors that got caught in an
>exocet missilecaused fire were
>horribly burned due to the poly melting into their skin and sticking. The
>Royal Navy went back to the old standby of wool soon after that incident.
>Now wool smells bad when it burns, but at least it won't stick.
>Jim
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