Deaths, stuff vs. skydiving!

[AggieDave 6]

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over the past 38 years the average annual number of deaths by lightning in the U.S. has been 89.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html

Last year something like 25 people died from skydiving, right?

I thought that was a good comparison.

Anyone have any others they'd like to share?

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[quade 3]

What are those, statistics or damn statistics?

Actually, you can't really compare the two.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[AggieDave 6]

Yeah, so they're not really comparable, but its a fun figure to toss out to Whuffos...

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[quade 3]

Well, mathematically challenged whuffos anyway.

I wouldn't toss that out to your insurance actuary.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[riddler 0]

April Parachutist has the annual fatalities for 2002 listed at 33. Check it out on page 30 - the opinions may be a tad skewed, but the numbers are interesting.

I don't think it's a bad comparison at all, considering the average media-saturated whuffo seems to think that someone dies on about 1 in 10 skydives. It helps put skydiving risk in more of a perspective, even if it's not the best use of statistics.

BTW Dave - congrats on the coach rating. I'm still tweaking my flying skills, but hope to get mine finished up within the next few weeks.

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[CornishChris 5]

Statistically everyone in the world has just under one testicle.

CJP

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people

[nacmacfeegle 0]

And statistically, half the people I know are below average.....

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[fudd 0]

But how many skydivers are struck by lightning each year?
I've never heard of a skydiver beeing struck by lightning under canopy, so in a thunderstorm the safest place to be would under canopy, right? Statisticly speaking of course

There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

[highfly 0]

99.5% of all statistics are made up. (Vic Reeves)

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[jtval 0]

statictically only 4% of the population can lick their elbow!

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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

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I've never heard of a skydiver beeing struck by lightning under canopy

I'm sure some CReW dogs will tell you differently

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[51twinspinner 0]

Alright own up... Put your hand up if you just tried to lick your elbow.

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[VectorBoy 0]

I was actually hit by lightning once WHILE skydiving. Isn't that weird?
And I wasn't in the clouds honest. Glen

[dterrick 0]

na na na, Mr. Quade, sir, it's "lies, damn lies, or statistics!?"

Still, an interesting point. Those who point at skydivers as death crazies are ALSO likely the ones who golf - or fish in a metal boat - during a thunderstorm.

I bet they don't get the same charge out of their sport (sory for the really baaad pun) as we do !!

Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[PhillyKev 0]

Statistically, 99% of the population has the urge to hit people when they use puns

[bvsdjumper 0]

Amazingly, 100% of the people surveyed said that, including this one, they had been part of at least one survey!

Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

[quade 3]

I was paraphrasing.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[base698 1]

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Well, mathematically challenged whuffos anyway.

You know what they say:

"The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math."

[BluDvn222 0]

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Statistically everyone in the world has just under one testicle.

We know there's people with 0,1,2 and supposedly even 3, but what about 4?

"How do you like my groin to your foot style?"

[dterrick 0]

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I was paraphrasing.

...is that anything like parasailing or parachuting?... (stop me before I get too silly plllease! This always happens when I'm in a good mood)

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[skr 1]

I think it's a great statistic to hand to whuffos.
We're dealing in emotional impressions, not logic.

I don't understand probability and statistics.
I took 3 courses in college plus a couple in measure
theory and integration which supposedly underlies it.

I think Von Neumann was right - you don't understand
mathematics, you just get used to it.

Three statisticians went duck hunting.

The first one fired straight at the duck and his shot went behind.
The second one led to much and fired ahead of the duck.
The third one put his gun down and said "We got him".

skr