Statistics

I just had to write this about statistics of winning the lottery or being hit by a tornado.  I wish they would stop talking about this on tv.  It makes me feel like it's pointless to play the lottery but it's all about luck.  It only takes one ticket and as long as you're not using all your retirement money, it should be ok.  Some people spend that money on cigs and it goes up in smoke with nothing to show for it.  And then they talk about a 1 in 2 million chance to be hit by a tornado.  Is that supposed to make the people in Moore, OK feel better about losing their house?  Don't get me wrong  -  I have the utmost sympathy for what those people are going through.  But when you live in tornado alley, chances are going up.  Just like if you live in CA you're more likely to experience an earthquake.  We get the snowstorms here, Florida gets the hurricanes, etc.   It's all luck and where you live.