Showing posts with label freak weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freak weather. Show all posts

Friday, February 09, 2007

A '320% increase'? Please explain!

Hi there

It looks like I need your help.

In a webnews report by Sky News about the "Big Freeze" in the UK published early this afternoon, "Drivers [are] Urged To Take Care". At one point, the report states that "Icy roads and travel disruption also reportedly caused a 320% increase in staff absence."

Now I'm not a math whizz, but even I know that there must be something wrong with that percentage figure. Can anyone help?

Thanks muchly. Take care on those icy roads... -- and share your insights into these weird mathematics with me, please! :)
(Ah, now, this is not what my present view looks like. I took this picture three years ago, during a short break in the hilly country south-east of Berne, to recover from a traumatic experience.)