Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that brought 2.5 mile waves

Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by Someone on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @04:55AM (#34690759)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326758/number-of-oil-ta...: There were 8,883 oil tankers worldwide in 2021.

If those are all ocean-going, ten a year is about 1.1%. Depending on how expensive it would be to prevent this, that may not be bad for ship owners, but it is very bad for those seeking a career in working on those ships.

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Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by calderknight on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:31AM (#34691011)

1.1% of what?

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Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by rhn_mk1 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:55AM (#34691176)

Of ocean-going oil tankers.

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Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by calderknight on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:26AM (#34691348)

It's ~0.11% of those

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Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by goatlover on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:48AM (#34692017)

Relative to what other transportation profession, though? Pilots, truck drivers, train operators? All of them have deadly accidents.

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Re:Simulation of tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that... by lamontcg on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:37PM (#34699152)

plus 5,589 containerships

https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-glob...

although the parent comment mentioned "longer than 200m" but its difficult to find containership stats by length rather than by TEU.

ignoring that though it would be 0.07% lost per year or 1 out of every 1447.

probably not too surprising, since if you pick 1447 oil tankers/containerships and audit them consider what the worst looking one is going to look like after decades of salt damage and abuse and poor maintenance.

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