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Table 1.2 shows a breakdown of fire deaths per 100 fires. US 0.3 France, Germany 0.1 Greece, UK, Belgium 0.2 Poland, Denmark, Slovakia 0.4

So it's a bit of a mixed bag. The reported average was 0.5 (report didn't cover every country). Sadly Canada wasn't in the table.

Japan at 3.8 was a bit of a surprise.

1. https://ctif.org/world-fire-statistics 2. https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/CTIF_Report27_E...

They had the wrong default setting. They changed it after 14.6

I wonder how many other states have their voting portals geo-blocked.

"Don't these cables ever break? Yes! Cable faults are common. On average, there are over 100 each year.

You rarely hear about these cable faults because most companies that use cables follow a “safety in numbers” approach to usage, spreading their networks' capacity over multiple cables so that if one breaks, their network will run smoothly over other cables while service is restored on the damaged one.

Accidents like fishing vessels and ships dragging anchors account for two-thirds of all cable faults. Environmental factors like earthquakes also contribute to damage. Less commonly, underwater components can fail. Deliberate sabotage and shark bites are exceedingly rare. "

Your donors often feel generous as the giving or holiday season approaches. Many will also be looking to make year-end donations for tax relief." [0]

[0] https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/fundraising-season

Dying was awful, you became heavily invested.

“Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883” by Simon Winchester went into this point.

Also, this write up from 2016 at Nautilus after the Papua New Guinea Volcano eruption. https://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/the-sound-so-loud-that-it-c...