Quality of life index

Our times as told by statistics

By JAY CRIDLIN
Published June 5, 2006

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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