Hang Time said...neoniphon said...
let's just think about this for a second.....
...there are 10-20 kiters out at Yorkies every time its windy. Maybe more on weekends.
If the risk was that high.....
.....you'd be hearing of people eaten by crocs or stung by jelly fish every windy day, no?
True point, But I’ll be stuffed if I would ever get in the water around there.....
Maybe I just need a few glasses of cement....
If you use statistics as a base for your decision making you should be aware that you are far more likely to be maimed or killed while driving to the beach.
Road deaths in QLD, (average last 5 yrs) around 350.
Road deaths in Australia, (average last 5 yrs) around 1450
The following are extracts from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald.
AUSTRALIA'S deadliest animals do not lurk on the banks of muddy Northern Territory rivers or slither on hot rocks. Nor do they hunt in the shallows of the sea or crawl on eight legs.
Horses are the creatures most likely to cause a human death, statistics compiled by the National Coroners Information System show.
Cows are the next most dangerous, followed by dogs. Sharks are in fourth position, while crocodiles and spiders account for only slightly more deaths than emus, cats and fish.
Of 128 deaths linked to animals that were investigated by coroners between 2000 and 2006, 40 were caused by horses.
Cows and bulls were linked to 20 fatalities, usually after a car hit the animal or swerved to miss it.
Dog-related incidents left 12 people dead, including two from cars trying to avoid them, two from people falling over them and seven from being attacked by them.
Of the country's traditionally most feared creatures, sharks were responsible for 11 deaths, snakes eight, crocodiles four and spiders three.
Two people were killed when their cars struck emus, another person died after a vehicle struck a sheep, and an elderly person died after tripping over a pet cat.
Thirty-four of the investigated deaths occurred on streets and highways, 28 at homes and 22 on farms. Others happened at sports fields, mines and schools.
More than half the fatalities took place while people were travelling or involved in recreation, and men accounted for 87 of the 128 deaths.
So instead of worrying about Crocs you should be more aware of going to the beach, in a car, driven by a shark or a human (biggest worry), and never go kiting with those killer horses.
Regards
Fossil
