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by gst 2347 days ago
> FEMA projects that nearly thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big...

> For 2016 specifically, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data shows 37,461 people were killed in 34,436 motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...

The consequences of that earthquake don't sound too bad in comparison to other risks.

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If you want this comparisons to make any sense you need to compare with the number of traffic deaths in the area that can be affected by Cascadia, otherwise you might as well compare with millions of other deaths anywhere in the world.