Your chances of dying ranked by sport and activity

Stratguy said:
Since your chance of dying doubles every 8 years, it seems obvious that the moral of this thread is that to insure a long life, stop getting older. o_O
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Yes, but there is only one way to stop aging.
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Russian Roulette is a kind of a sport:

Assume 6 players and a six-shot revolver.

A has a 1 in 6 chance of eating lead; if A survives,
B has a 1 in 5 chance of death; if B survives,
C has a 1 in 4 chance of death; if C survives,
D has a 1 in 3 chance of death; if D survives,
E has a 1 in 2 chance of death; if E survives,
F is dead.

http://ask.metafilter.com/80129/Russian-Roulette-Odds
 
Steverino said:
Russian Roulette is a kind of a sport:

Assume 6 players and a six-shot revolver.

A has a 1 in 6 chance of eating lead; if A survives,
B has a 1 in 5 chance of death; if B survives,
C has a 1 in 4 chance of death; if C survives,
D has a 1 in 3 chance of death; if D survives,
E has a 1 in 2 chance of death; if E survives,
F is dead.

http://ask.metafilter.com/80129/Russian-Roulette-Odds
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PUT AN EMPTY CHAMBER IN THAT GUN! :mad: :rawk:
 
Prages said:
I think a big reason for the scuba number is because of cave divers. You occasionally hear of a recreational diver dying, but almost every diving death I've heard about was a cave diver.
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We lose 5-6 divers every year right off the coast of La Jolla in fairly shallow water that is relatively tangle - free because they get stuck in the strong under current.

They usually pop up to the surface a few hours later.
 
OGG said:
We lose 5-6 divers every year right off the coast of La Jolla in fairly shallow water that is relatively tangle - free because they get stuck in the strong under current.

They usually pop up to the surface a few hours later.
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We tried to dive at La Jolla a few years ago, but the weather was terrible, the water was rough, very cold, and the visibility was next to nothing.

We called the dive after about 5 minutes.

Yes, Mrs. P and I are probably the only people in the world to visit La Jolla and the weather was cold and rainy the entire time we were there.
 
Prages said:
We tried to dive at La Jolla a few years ago, but the weather was terrible, the water was rough, very cold, and the visibility was next to nothing.

We called the dive after about 5 minutes.

Yes, Mrs. P and I are probably the only people in the world to visit La Jolla and the weather was cold and rainy the entire time we were there.
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It's not that uncommon really. In fact, the good visibility days are vastly outnumbered by the murky poor visibility days. The water is always cold. That's just Southern California and the Pacific. It's very rare for the water to go above 68 degrees even in the peak of summer.

As for the weather, the beach communities here spend most of the year cloaked in fog and/or gloomy overcast that is very slow to burn off. Sometimes even in mid Sumner, the sun doesn't peak through until the late afternoon.

Now, in the winter months... the beach communities are beautiful! Bright and sunny all day long, rarely a cloud in sight. Go figure.

Anyway, La Jolla is notorious for killing veteran divers with clockwork regularity. Just lost one last week. Always victims to the nasty under current. Once it has you, you are dead.
 
nuke_diver said:
SoCal is warm water diving :Wave:
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Yeah, no.

East coast is warm water diving.

Hell, even the St. Lawrence River is warm water.

The only colder water I've dived is Gilboa quarry in northern Ohio, and 100 feet down in Lake Erie.

Both were in the 40s, and dry suits definitively made them more enjoyable.
 
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