What do you think is more probable — to get struck by lightning or to get killed by a falling asteroid? You might be surprised but the probability of death caused by an asteroid is almost twice as high. In their Book of General Ignorance, Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, and John Mitchinson say that lightning bolts strike the earth 17 million times each day, which is 200 strikes per second. Yet the risk of “electrical” death per year is one to 10 million, and that’s as probable as being bitten by a viper!
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