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In the years covered in this list (2012-2006), there have been 238 fatalities due to lightning strikes. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/statistics.htm http
by mwsherman 13y ago
In the years covered in this list (2012-2006), there have been 238 fatalities due to lightning strikes.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/statistics.htm http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/statistics.htm
- thisisdave 13y agoBut that covers all days of the year, right? So the corresponding number for just Black Friday would probably be 0 or 1 deaths by lightning.
- iLoch 13y agoOk, how many times does lighting strike the US every day? How many Black Fridays are there every year? Let's just assume that this level of violence is constant, and there's a Black Friday every day of the year (which doesn't make much sense at all): Multiply those 4 deaths by 365 and it's not hard to see that this is more fatal than lightning. However I think the nearly equally disgusting part is the fact that people are getting hurt at all. You're lining up to spend your money, calm down.
- batbomb 13y agoApparently you don't know much about lightning if you are multiplying by 365.
- mwsherman 13y agoFair enough, re Black Friday being a single day per year. There are around 2.5MM deaths per year in the US, which works out to around 47,000 on the Black Fridays during the time period (assuming the numbers are average). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm