Happy Independence Day! Let's Stay Safe!
Some Re-Runs... and don't kill yourself with fireworks
Happy 4th of July… and first, I know you’re thinking it, so…
Don’t kill yourself with fireworks.
And yes, that’s simply the counts, not a rate. Yes, it jumped up to 27 deaths in 2020.
People did go a little nuts in 2020.
To be sure, the number was a little high in 2019, as well.
A few other fireworks death facts:
For the fireworks deaths 1999-2020 (to be a little lazy), here’s how the gender mix fell out:
Yes, over 90% of firework-related deaths are of males.
Next, how many of these deaths occur in July?
Fewer than I expected, actually. But people mess about with fireworks all summer, I suppose.
Only 10 of the deaths, out of 158 in total, occurred in January.
A Probability Joke From the Old Country
At least there are no hard feelings.
For those who need an explanation.
Make Mine Freedom
A throwback to some anti-commie Cold War cartoon era: (a favorite of mine, so a re-run…)
and, from the National Archives, the reading of the Declaration of Independence (this is from 2020, as I can’t embed the recording of this year’s.)
Enjoy!
Love that cartoon! Don't drink the ISM!
I'm sure injuries are much bigger numbers... "search results, estimates indicate that there have been at least 9,700 fireworks-related injuries in the U.S. yearly since 2019."