What are the chances of being killed by a meteorite when you're walking ?
Definitely not zero.
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But still, pretty darned low.
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Donald Trump was struck a glancing blow, how else do you explain all that, err…“static” on his head.
It’s not that high on my list of things to worry about :)
You could also say that the danger comes not from walking but from “not working”. He was a bus driver out walking; ergo, he was not “working”. Be safe. Get back to work.
About the same as being struck by lightening while simultaneously being attacked by a mountain lion.
I’ve seen numbers from 1:700,000 to 1:74,000,000 but it’s still more likely than many lotteries.
Let’s do a quick and dirty(totally statisitaccly invald) estimate. Over the past 50 years, with a world average population of 4 billion – 200 billion people years , only one person has been killed. Based upon that statistically large sample, the odds you being killed in one year by a meteorite is 1 in 200 billion.
On the the other hand 12 people have walked on the moon during the past 50 years so it is way more rare than that.
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