Why are such phenomena as Hurricane Katrina and rare earthquakes in regions where oil shale is fracked called "hundred-year" events?
a. They take place every other century.
b. They can be statistically averaged as taking place every 100 years.
c. They are statistical outliers that typically do not occur within a normal human lifespan.
d. They use a folkloric term that is intended to be hyperbole.
c
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