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Quality of life index
Our times as told by statistics
By JAY CRIDLIN
Published June 5, 2006
1:9 Odds posted by an online sports book that at least one Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane will strike the U.S. mainland in 2006 6:1 Odds that zero Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 4:1 Odds that just one Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane will hit the U.S. mainland 3.9:1 Odds that two Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 1.65:1 Odds that three Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 1.75:1 Odds that four Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 3:1 Odds that five Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 5:1 Odds that six or more Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes will hit the U.S. mainland 1:1.8 Odds that a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane will hit Florida 1.5:1 Odds that a Category 3, 4 or 5 won't hit Florida $2-million Estimated value of a Monopoly set created by jeweler Sidney Mobell that went on display recently at the Florida International Museum 23 Karat measurement of the gold in which the Monopoly board is plated 165 Number of gemstones set in the board and its pieces 51.21 Combined carat weight of the set's gemstones Compiled by Jay Cridlin Sources: BetCRIS.com Sportsbook, Guinness Book of World Records, National Museum of Natural History
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