We’re Due…

You know that saying that Hawaii was due for a big earthquake? I don’t like it. Just because there hasn’t been a big earthquake for some time, then it means that we’re due for one? I guess from a probability and statistical standpoint there’s some truth to that, but it seems so gloomy, just waiting for the worst to happen. Does this also mean that since we just had a big one, we don’t have to worry about another earthquake for a long time?

On the topic of gloomy outlooks and being due, I always wondered about a sign posted at the entry way to work. It essentially says that ## number of days has passed since the last fatality. What are you supposed to get from that? If the number of days is high, does that mean that we’re due for a fatality? How morbid. If the count is low, does that mean that people can go out there and be reckless since the “odds” are in their favor?