tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post2087642277465369436..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Adventures in StatisticsTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-35868693282525735902011-12-12T23:45:22.234-05:002011-12-12T23:45:22.234-05:00Correlation or causation? Or should we just stop n...Correlation or causation? Or should we just stop naming babies Ava?<br />http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.htmlAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238548635539620285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-50556191861124722322011-12-10T16:52:20.579-05:002011-12-10T16:52:20.579-05:00"As more and more snowfalls stalked Al Gore a..."As more and more snowfalls stalked Al Gore across his speaking itinerary,..."<br /><br />LOL, i so rememberTaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375511506567572806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-89992078013817932432011-12-09T20:32:30.020-05:002011-12-09T20:32:30.020-05:00Simply diddling with numbers -- percentage of US p...Simply diddling with numbers -- percentage of US population killed in a particular hurricane -- gives us a different 10 Most Deadly Hurricanes ranking:<br /><br />1) .013% of the US population at the time (10000 dead/a US population of 75000000) still gives us GALVESTON but adds Last Island at an equal .013%<br /><br />2) Florida Keys at .007%<br /><br />3) a FOUR WAY TIE: Okechobee, Katrina, Cheniere Camanada, and Sea Islands at .002%<br /><br />4) Georgia = .001%<br /><br />5) Labor Day = .0003%<br /><br />6) Audrey = .0002%<br /><br />How do the years align?<br /><br />1) 1900, 1856<br />2) 1919<br />3) 1928, 2005, 1893, 1893<br />4) 1881<br />5) 1935<br />6) 1957<br /><br />How do THESE dates line up with global warming/climate change/whatever?GuyStewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268114053763665577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-22450958992463680562011-12-09T19:28:10.436-05:002011-12-09T19:28:10.436-05:00Where are there getting the number for "actua...Where are there getting the number for "actual damage amounts" -- paid insurance claims, tax assessment rolls, gov't relief efforts?<br />If they are including the last, that alone would explain disaster inflation.<br />Katrina was the perfect example of "I'm from the gov't, I'm here to help you".TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909403492050641160noreply@blogger.com