British Petroleum's drillingaccident in the Gulf of Mexico this past April is the latest of several recent disastrous events for which the country, or the world, was unprepared.
If there is a 1 percent annual probability of a disastrous drillingaccident or financial collapse, the probability that the disaster will occur any time in the next 10 years is only 10 percent.
如果存在每年1%的钻井事故或金融崩溃的危险，则这一灾难在今后10年内发生的概率仅为10%。
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On April 30th the White House announced that new off-shore drilling would be suspended until the cause of the accident could be verified.