; This January, there was
snow in 49 states.
Only Florida didn’t have any.
; There were a total of
61 cold- and winter
weather-related
deaths in the U.S. in 2009.
The average number over
the last 10 years is 57.
; People over 60 years old
make up 50% of all winter weather-related
deaths. Many of those are
from over-exertion.
; More than 75% of
winter weather-related deaths are male.
; Being caught out in a
storm accounts for about
25% of winter weather-related deaths.
; About 20% of winter
exposure-related deaths
occur in the home.
State of the State of the Union
President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, boiled down to a word
cloud, weighted by frequency.
; “Winter is the time for
comfort, for good food and
warmth, for the touch of a
friendly hand and for a talk
beside the fire: it is the time
for home.”
; “To shorten winter, borrow
some money due in spring.”
; “I like these cold, gray
winter days. Days like these
let you savor a bad mood.”
; “In this part of the world,
only Maine gives winter the
welcome and the worship it
should have.”
; “I was just thinking, if it is
really religion with these
nudist colonies, they sure
must turn atheists in the
wintertime.”
a. Bill Watterson
b. Will Rogers
c. W.J. Vogel
d. Edith Sitwell
e. Tom Allen
