Depending on context, does the potential for an event go away when the event does not occur for a long time? Much of the time I'd say that that has no informati

Depending on context, does the potential for an event go away when the event does not occur for a long time? Much of the time I'd say that that has no information value whatsoever, and sometimes it may actually signal worse to come. So by itself I would claim the piece of data that you mention, accepting it at face value, is meaningless.