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databeautifier OP t1_jaypfgq wrote

Reply to comment by rjwilson01 in [OC] All-Time Deadliest Accidents and Disasters vs. One Year of Traffic Deaths by databeautifier

The source (cited in my first comment here) lists the "Nedelin catastrophe" of 1960 as the deadliest in the "space" category with a range of 54-300 deaths. As noted in the visualization and my first comment here, I rounded up to the maximum deaths in cases where a range like this were given.

I can see a perspective where this doesn't count as a space accident/disaster because it occurred on the ground before the rocket was launched, but the source categorizes it that way. All the other accidents/disasters in the list also occurred on the ground or in the air below space except for one: Soyuz 11 where three people died due to depressurization in space. I just decided to go with the source's categorization since they all took place as part of spaceflight operations.

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databeautifier OP t1_jayoiqm wrote

Reply to comment by ar243 in [OC] All-Time Deadliest Accidents and Disasters vs. One Year of Traffic Deaths by databeautifier

I agree that comparing single events to the summation of all events over a time period can be misleading, but I don't think that's the case with this post because I called that difference out in four places: the post title, the all-red title text of the visualization, bold text in a box around the traffic deaths, and my first comment here.

The other comparisons you mention are of course valid, but I think this kind of comparison is valid too provided the different time scales are prominently called out.

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johnnyGotHisTabla t1_jaylx5g wrote

Reply to comment by Barra79 in [OC] Wind Speed Vs Wind Power by Barra79

>Instead it can be argued that if it's calm in Hamburg it is still very likely that it is windy in many other parts of Germany

The industry way to capture this is with a portfolio benefit analysis.

I don't know how safe your assumption is in Germany.

I am far more familiar with wind regimes in the States. If you have a plant in northern Texas, another in Iowa, another in the Columbia River valley in Oregon, and the last in Tehachapi pass in Cali, you have a full portfolio benefit lol

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v-r-s t1_jayki15 wrote

Reply to [OC] All-Time Deadliest Accidents and Disasters vs. One Year of Traffic Deaths by databeautifier

A typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are the exact same thing. Also theres a massive intersect between those three and the statistics between flood/tornado deaths.

How are we counting the data between hurricanes and floods when both aren’t mutually exclusive and several Atlantic hurricanes death toll are significantly higher to disprove that abysmally low hurricane statistic (i.e. Hurricane Mitch).

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ar243 t1_jaykaj8 wrote

Reply to [OC] All-Time Deadliest Accidents and Disasters vs. One Year of Traffic Deaths by databeautifier

This infographic is misleading.

Comparing the worst event of a particular category to the summation of all events in another is not a good comparison at all, and is misleading.

A better comparison would be to compare the worst car crash in history to the worst tornado in history.

Or, if you want to continue using running totals, just use the total number of tornado deaths in 2022 compared to the total number of automotive deaths in 2022.

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