mr. neill welch, Whetstone N20 9QG

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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I was watching the excellent BBC programme ,Earthflight with my wife , at 8p.m. on thursday 12 Jan. One of the outstanding sequences was of geese flying up the west coast of Italy. In the background was a large boat. My wife and I have cruised several times and can now recognise features of ships from other lines. Down below was a large cruise liner with the unmistakeable (old fashioned type) yellow funnel. I said 'Look! There's a Costa' This ship was probably out of Civatavecchia and it is sobering to think that it was only miles from where this ship or another of the Costa Line hit a rock with the resultant disaster P.S. I have been talking about Earthflight and my E-mail address is going to Wingspan!!!
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:02:13 +0000Coincidence ID:4559