{"id":1205,"date":"2001-09-30T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2001-09-30T21:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2001-09-30T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2001-09-30T21:39:18","slug":"what_me_worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/30\/what_me_worry.html","title":{"rendered":"What, Me, Worry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Later this week, I am flying off on business. <\/p>\n

And two weeks later, another flight.<\/p>\n

I do not know how many people I’ve heard at my office say something like, “I’m not flying. It’s way too scary. Why take the risk? Who knows what might happen?”<\/p>\n

Who indeed?<\/p>\n

Well, according to the US Department of Transportation<\/a>, in 1999, United Airlines alone <\/i>had 776,815 scheduled flights take off. United Airlines alone carried 80,283,411 passengers.<\/p>\n

Those odds are so long as to be meaningless. I mean, that’s lightning strike odds. Getting run over by an ice cream truck odds. Being mistaken for some pin-up and stalked and axe-murdered odds.<\/p>\n

Like I said, I’m more worried about whether I can carry enough books to last me through the security checkpoints. Really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Later this week, I am flying off on business. And two weeks later, another flight. 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