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No worries. I still think you are incorrect, based on this:

>Plane crashes are created relatively equal in rate and magnitude.

Not all of them are... 9/11 was a plane crash that wasn't like any other before it.



9/11 was a plane crash that wasn't like any other before it.

Yes, but think of the scales.

How many 9/11's does it take to match a worst-case scenario involving Tokyo (~35 million people)?

When I say "relatively equal" then I mean somewhere between 500 and perhaps a few thousand deaths from a plane crash. Whereas a nuke accident may range from 600k exposed to.. well, let's hope Fukushima gets its act together.




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