I started this thread as part of a presentation to my grades 7-12 chess players at our season ending chess practice/pizza party to help educate them on the much higher risk of dying from drugs/suicide compared to tornadoes and decided to keep it here as an educational tool for everybody!

Severe weather outbreak last week

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/83112/

Video example of sensationalizing at the link below causing excessive fear of tornadoes and severe storms compared to the real risk and especially compared to other MUCH HIGHER risks to people:

how many people die from tornadoes each year

https://lisbdnet.com/how-many-people-die-from-tornadoes-each-year/

How many people are killed by a tornado each year, out of 329,000,000 in our country?

Answer: 80

Drug Overdose Death Rates    

https://drugabusestatistics.org/drug-overdose-deaths/     

How many people die a year from drug over doses?

Answer: 96,700

How many more times is that than tornadoes?

1,209 times more people die from a drug overdose vs tornadoes.

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Suicide in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States

How many people die a year from SUICIDE?….corrected verbiage 4-28-22

Answer: 45,799

How many more times is that than tornadoes?

572 times more people die from suicide vs tornadoes.

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