Numbers Challenge

Reading through Time magazine, I came across a column on page 27 titled ‘Numbers’ and was intrigued to the point of wanting to share.

1 million - Tons of wasted fish – 28% of the annual U.S. commercial catch – that gets tossed overboard, often because they are not the desired species.

4 - Pounds of so-called bycatch discarded by Gulf Coast shrimpers for each pound of shrimp kept.

21.2 million – Cubic yards of debris removed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

40 – Percentage of New Orleans that is still without power.

44 – Percentage of federal employees eligible to retire within five years.

72 – Percentage of recent college graduates surveyed who said they had at most limited interest in working for the Federal Government.

$430 - Record-setting price per square foot paid last week for the air rights above a Manhattan church, twice the going rate.

$30 million - Amount the church will get in the deal – which does not involve any construction in or above it – so high-rise-apartment developers can secure Central Park views.