"There have not been a significant number of deaths caused by asteroids in historical times due to the infrequency of the major events. When such events do occur they are more likely to happen over unpopulated regions such as oceans. Noting that without better surveys, accurate estimates of the risk of NEO impacts cannot be made, the report made best current estimates for the global risk of death by shark at 3-7 persons per year, death by asteroid at 91 persons per year and death by automobile at 1,200,000 persons per year."
"There have not been a significant number of deaths caused by asteroids in historical times due to the infrequency of the major events. When such events do occur they are more likely to happen over unpopulated regions such as oceans. Noting that without better surveys, accurate estimates of the risk of NEO impacts cannot be made, the report made best current estimates for the global risk of death by shark at 3-7 persons per year, death by asteroid at 91 persons per year and death by automobile at 1,200,000 persons per year."
I think that there is a denominator problem. I don't believe that there were 90 people killed by asteroids last year but there were at least 2 killed by sharks. On the other hand in 25 years when the asteroid hits and kills 300,000 people then the sharks can laugh.
Bill
Heh, i posted about the same story. I thought it was interesting to read. The death rates are most likely on larger timescales, like thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. I dont think anyone was ever killed by an asteroid.
Isn't THE asteroid coming in 2012?
I think that there is a denominator problem. I don't believe that there were 90 people killed by asteroids last year but there were at least 2 killed by sharks. On the other hand in 25 years when the asteroid hits and kills 300,000 people then the sharks can laugh.
Bill
Exactly ... here's how they put it ...
"with an average interval of about 100 years, rocky or iron asteroids larger than about 164 ft (50 m) would be expected to reach the Earth's surface and cause local disasters or produce the tidal waves that can inundate low lying coastal areas."
Hey, in a hundred years we'll all be dead.
Uplifting thought for the day,
Steve
Hey, in a hundred years we'll all be dead.
Uplifting thought for the day,
Steve
What if the last one was 99 years ago????
Exactly ... here's how they put it ...
"with an average interval of about 100 years, rocky or iron asteroids larger than about 164 ft (50 m) would be expected to reach the Earth's surface and cause local disasters or produce the tidal waves that can inundate low lying coastal areas."
Did you hear the one about a man who drown in a stream with an average depth of 6 inches?
Bob
"Hey, in a hundred years we'll all be dead. " with some luck and medical advances I might still be kicking haha
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