Terror Attacks in the US - Visualized
The Guardian parses through the Global Terrorism Database , and charts the results above. Some important caveats - these are a count of attacks , not of impact not a count of fatalities The second point is particularly relevant - you have some attacks (9/11) with large fatalities. All that said, it is important to note that, in the end, attacks are quite rare - it is worth turning it over to Bruce Schneier here As the details about the bombings in Boston unfold, it'd be easy to be scared. It'd be easy to feel powerless and demand that our elected leaders do something -- anything -- to keep us safe. It'd be easy, but it'd be wrong. We need to be angry and empathize with the victims without being scared. Our fears would play right into the perpetrators' hands -- and magnify the power of their victory for whichever goals whatever group behind this, still to be uncovered, has. We don't have to be scared, and we're not powerless. We actual...