Calculating the odds, sort of

[JakeSchuster aka Ostroff]

Well, not exactly, but I'm trying to run down a table of odds--you know, such as the odds of being hit by a car or struck my lightning. Anyone out there with info on where I can find it?

[Otis]

Here's something.

www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm (http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm)

[JakeSchuster aka Ostroff]

Otis, you're brilliant. Thanks, man!

[Fortean]

"It was at one time considered an act of mistrust in an overruling Providence to put lightning conductors on churches; for it was said that God would surely take care of his own. But [François Jean Dominique] Arago’s collection of the accidents from lightning showed they were sorely needed; and now lightning conductors are universal."

Francis Galton, "Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer" (1872)

[JakeSchuster aka Ostroff]

Excellent, Fortean. I have much faith in you. Many thanks, though it looks like it's going to thunder.