* Posts by Matt Norrie

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1-in-3,200 chance* that a fiery satellite chunk will hit someone on Friday

Matt Norrie
Mushroom

This is akin to a Daily Mail headline

No there isn't a 1 in 3,200 chance I'll be hit by fiery chunks of satellite, there's a 1 in 3,200 chance that some body on the planet will be hit by a piece of satellite which means the the chance of me being hit is 1 in 3,200 x the number of people on the planet, which is about 7 billion.

So I personally have a 1 in 22400 billion chance of being hit by a piece of satellite which is pretty slim....