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Lightning More Likely to Kill You Than Terrorism

Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:27 pm
Posted by rmcc316
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Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:27 pm
How many Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks inside the United States since the September 11, 2001, atrocities? Arguably 16. Egyptian Hesham Mohamed Hadayet killed two Israelis at the El Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles airport on July 4, 2002. On June 1, 2009, Abdulhakim Muhammed killed one soldier at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 soldiers during a shooting rampage in at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009.

war on lightning
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:28 pm to
GWOL
Posted by Vegas Bengal
Member since Feb 2008
26344 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:33 pm to
There's a lot more lightening than terrorists.
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
62362 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:34 pm to
Well, its not a Global Warming thread....or does lightening count.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28799 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:41 pm to
Boston Marathon doesn't count?

What's the number since Sept 10 2001? Does that change the ratio at all?
Posted by joshnorris14
Florida
Member since Jan 2009
45189 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 6:01 pm to
Are you suggesting we throw trillions of dollars paid for on the promises of our children's productivity to combat lightning deaths?
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54202 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 6:44 pm to
And that's why we need to keep the fight over there instead of becoming complacent by letting the terrorists over here where the odds would surely even out.
Posted by rmcc316
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Member since Feb 2004
44424 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 6:46 pm to
quote:

Are you suggesting we throw trillions of dollars paid for on the promises of our children's productivity to combat lightning deaths?


what could go wrong? if there is in fact more lightning than terrorist then surely we should spend that much more to protect against lightning attacks.
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 6:58 pm
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
32796 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:06 pm to
You're 32 times more likely to be killed by lightening than be falsely accused of rape. LINK

I think terrorism is overrated and we waste a lot of money on "preventative" measures but stats like this are worthless.
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 9:20 pm
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
70774 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:08 pm to
quote:

Boston Marathon doesn't count?

What's the number since Sept 10 2001? Does that change the ratio at all?



Didn't a Bosnian Muslim shoot up a mall a few years ago? We could add that one to the list.
Posted by TX Tiger
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Member since Jan 2004
35632 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:29 pm to
quote:

And that's why we need to keep the fight over there instead of becoming complacent by letting the terrorists over here where the odds would surely even out.
You know how I know you didn't live through the Vietnam era?
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