[ConservativeStatement]

Al Gore's head must be spinning.

[nmh]

“And while intense hurricanes and tornadoes steal headlines for their intense winds and overall destruction, the new map shows what other previous studies have found, that everyday hazards, such as severe winter and summer weather, and heat account for the majority of natural hazard deaths in the United States.”

AL GORE SCARE MORE PEOPLE!

Hurry up!

Time is money.

[theDentist]

I figured my demise would be at my own home when a certain lady found me with another certain lady and instead of apologising I’d invited her to join me... hence the “cold day in Hell” comment would be uttered moments before I was plonked.

[ryan71]

Is this propaganda supposed to convince me not to have any more hurricane parties?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Southwest Ohio Dark Blue bump.

Looks as if Arkansas is the most dangerous state.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Borden and Cutter/BioMed Central Ltd.
Risk of death from natural hazards by county; red is more likely than average, blue less likely.

[ReeseBN38416]

"People living in the South along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have a higher likelihood of dying from a natural hazard compared to residents of the Great Lakes area and urbanized Northeast."

Whereas in the "urbanized Northeast" one is more likely to be killed on the street for their cab fare money.

[absolootezer0]

holy carp! this makes detroit look like a safe place to live!!

[2banana]

North Philly should be a bright fire engine red...

[ccmay]

Interesting that northern Arizona and southern Utah should rank so high. I expect this is a function of a smaller population along with a large number of people engaging in hazardous outdoors activities in the national parks etc. Flash floods, blizzards and lightning do get a few people every year out this way. I would have guessed California or the Gulf Coast ranked higher, but apparently not.

-ccm

[Between the Lines]

analyzed nationwide data from 1970 to 2004.

Note Katrina data is not included.

Overall, during the study period, nearly 20,000 people died due to natural hazards.

This amounts to about 580 people a year. Not enough to justify concern for our own safety should we be living in a red area.

[RegulatorCountry]

The likelihood of death is 100%, regardless of geographic location.

The likelihood of a poorly written headline does spike by media type, however.

[skully]

Seeing as everyone dies; isn't life the leading cause of death?? I think your more likely to die because your alive, not so much where you live. Sure different types of incidents kill people in different geographical locations, but at the end of the day people have died everywhere in the world for all sorts of reasons. But if they weren't alive in the first place they couldn't die at all. We still have obituaries in my local news sources.

[In veno, veritas]

I hate to apply econometrics in a discussion like this, but most people should realize that the standard deviation is like the z or t stat. In this case, it really applies since 1.5 is not significant from zero at 5% confidence interval. So basically, there is no evidence of one area being worse than another given the info we have on the chart.

[N. Theknow]

People living in the South along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have a higher likelihood of dying from a natural hazard compared to residents of the Great Lakes area and urbanized Northeast.

It would appear that automobile fatalities from snow and ice are minimal or not figured in to the equation.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I’d rather face a hurricane or tornado than walk through some streets in America were the chances of getting shot are very good!

[Longdriver]

Hopefully, Yankees will read this and stop moving South!

[American_Centurion]

The way I see it, the map depicts blue=less nature, red=more nature.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What a stupid title. The likelihood of death is 100% among all humans. NOBODY gets out alive.

[Yaelle]

Looks like you can live forever in O.C., CA.