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Old 05-11-2023, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by zg1000 View Post
No. The chance of a 100 year event occurring IN ten years is
1 - (1- .01)^10 or about 9.56%.

The chance of a 100 year event occurring EVERY ten years (as stated) is
(0.0956)^10 or about 6 in a billion.

Math is funny, isn't it?
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These events are currently happening more frequently than when the initial data was analyzed...