http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468325,00.html

"A new map plotting deaths resulting from forces of nature reveals where Mother Nature is most likely to kill you."

Note to self: avoid Arizona & Utah

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Yes indeed!
To paraphrase the late Ed Abbey of Utah and Arizona,
Stay out of the noonday sun, bring lots of water, pray frequently, and ABBEY'S ROAD- take the other.
Throws a leg over a ghost horse with bridle reins held by Jack Burns, aka The Lone Ranger and rides off to catch the always exhilarating sunrise of a new day with a cup of black coffee.

the problem with these maps is that they take the information by county.that gives a somewhat distorted view. for example the long red box in Northeast corner of Minnesota is St.Louis and the light red to the East is Lake county.my prime canoe country.
i have no idea of what the "nature danger" could be up there.you could drown or freeze to death just about anyplace in Minnesota..that long red box could be reduced to a few tiny dots if the places where the real danger was..same with any spot on that map...sort of intresting though to find out what event put those countys on the map--

Canoedogs, I just left the last post you did- and agree with you here as well- seems weather weighted pretty heavily, for instance, AZ is hot, of course, but folks that live there know how to deal with it (except the ones desperately crossing the border unprepared, maybe that is the skew).

Jakam..and i was wondering if it was the winter auto crashes in Duluth and the Iron Range towns that made that bit of Minnesota looks so bad and not the sort of weather and other "nature" events that us outdoor types may run into--

"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun."

Notice also that Yellowstone park is a big red blotch. More then dead tourists who didn't know what was dangerous and what was less dangerous?

I would like to know more about "Other".

It seems dangerous pretty much everywhere.

So Bogus!

Look at the state line between Nevada and Utah and tell me how crossing that line going west somehow makes living that much easier???!!!

Statistics, damned statistics, and lies. Maybe this map would be better labeled "Level of Stupidity per populace". It would make more sense then anyways.

I'm sure this report will reinforce the idea that mother nature is out to kill them, whilst city folks tuck into a double cheese burger, fries and Corn syrup coke, with a packet of 20 Benson and Hedge's and a bottle of Jack Daniels put aside for later, whilst watching a drive by shooting from the safety of their Buick Rendezvous...