Published on: September 24, 2007 at 7:01 PM

* 61 percent is how much of the pasture and range land is in poor to very poor condition according to the weekly report released this afternoon by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alabama Field Office, Montgomery

* 58 percent of Alabama livestock was in poor to very poor condition

* 79 percent of Alabama had very short or short top soil moisture

* 89 percent was the amount one week ago

* 70 percent of the Alabama cotton crop has been harvested

* 5.97 inches of rain fall at Hamilton during the last week, the most of 13 stations included in the weekly report

* 22.79 inches is the rain deficit for Thorsby in North Chilton County as of today.

* 22.73 inches is the shortage at Tuscaloosa Airport

* 6.46 unches is the deficiency for Eufaula Wildlife Refuge. They are in better shape than any of the 34 locations

* 48.28 inches is how much rain the Big Apple has been blessed with so far this year (sometimes known as New York City) That is an an excess of almost one foot.

* 18.11 inches is the surplus for Dallas-Fort Worth

* 50.63 inches is how much rain Oklahoma City has received–an amazing excess of 23.26 inches. That is almost double what Birmingham has received, The average annual rain amount for Oklahoma City is 35.85 inches

* 300,000 people drowned in China in 1642 after rebels destroyed the Kaifeng Seawall

* 4 is about how many times Great Salt Lake is saltier than the oceans

* 1 person per square mile is the population density of Alaska

* 310 is how many people per swuare mile live in Florida

* 345 feet is the elevation of the highest point in Florida. It is Britton Hill (they don’t call it a mountain) It is located NE of Crestview extremely close to the Alabama border.

* Downtown Birmingham is almost twice that high

* 2 inches is how much snow fell today in the mountains of West and Central Wyoming.