Monday, December 28, 2009

Pre-9/11 Thinking

Courtesy Nate Silver: the odds against you being on a flight with an attempted terrorism incident during the last decade: less than 1 in 10 million. It's 1 in 500 thousand against you being struck by lightning, and yet we aren't all issued lightening rods. Just sayin'.

Yeah, I'm still cranky about the trip.

2 comments:

Publius said...

It only takes one. Jess sayin.

piker62 said...

And this is why I wonder how all this security theatre can help.