new worst movie ever??
Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov
Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov
Fri Jul 12 09:59:22 PDT 2013
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2013/07/sharknado-sharknado-sharknado-sharknado-sharknado
The film raises a serious question: Could a sharknado happen in real life?
Animals often get caught in the paths of tornadoes, but they typically die
before they get the chance to harm Tara Reid. An Associated Press report
from 1969 describes a Florida tornado that swept through Ocean World.
Rather than emboldening the sharks and inspiring heightened, Tara
Reid-related bloodlust, the tornado sent the startled animals diving for
cover at the bottom of their shallow pool. "We haven't counted the sharks
yet," the Ocean World president told the press as his team frantically
checked up on the park's valuable fish. In the end, his team had no
sharknado to report. Furthermore, even if a sharknado were to somehow form
and begin chasing Tara Reid, it is improbable that the whirlwind of shark
would pose a danger to humans beyond accidental crushing. (Sharks rarely
ever hurt people, and you're more likely to get maimed by your own toilet
[1] than by any species of shark.)
a
[1]
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/us/shark-attack-report
How slim? The Florida Museum of Natural History has a host of phenomena
that are more likely than a shark attack, and National Geographic in 2011
put together a list of things that are more likely to injure you. Among
them:
-Since 1948, those in any U.S. state with alligators had a better chance
of being killed by one of the reptiles, which had killed 18 people as of
2005, than they did of suffering a fatal shark attack. Conversely, those
folks still had a slightly better chance of a nonfatal shark attack.
--Between 1985 and 2010, Floridians were almost 21 times as likely to be
killed by a tornado (125 deaths) as by a shark (six). Between 1990 and
2009, the state also saw 2,272 bicycle deaths, compared to four from
sharks.
--In the coastal U.S., lightning killed almost 76 times as many people
(1,970) as did sharks (26) between 1959 and 2010.
--From 2001 to 2010, dogs killed more than 26 times the number of people
(263) than did sharks (10) in the U.S.
--Between 1984 and 1987, New York City had almost 1,600 incidents annually
of humans biting other humans. That's not really germane to this story so
much as it is plain odd.
--Sand-hole collapses aren't generally considered among the greatest
threats in the U.S., as they killed only 16 people between 1990 and 2006
-- but that's still five more people than sharks killed.
--In 1996, toilets injured 43,000 Americans, buckets and pails hurt almost
11,000 and room fresheners were responsible for 2,600 injuries in the
nation. Sharks injured 13 people that same year. (There are a variety of
toilet-related injuries: Seats can fall, smashing boys' genitalia
mid-micturition; cracks in toilet seats can pinch a user's buttocks; and,
as the ladies have explained time and time again, gentlemen, leaving the
toilet seat up can cause folks to crash into the toilet bowl, damaging
their buttocks and/or tailbones.)
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Andy Bach
Systems Mangler
Internet: andy_bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov
Voice: (608) 261-5738, Cell: (608) 658-1890
"If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete
themselves upon execution."
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