Duration, in seconds, of 7.1-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake:
15
Days it takes Niagara Falls to release energy equivalent to Loma Prieta quake:
120
Miles from San Andreas fault to Memorial Church:
4.5
Inches per year the San Andreas fault moves along the Peninsula:
2/3
Books moved out of Green Library West in wake of Loma Prieta:
800,000
Projected number of people to be counted in 2000 census:
274,634,000
Census-takers:
675,000
Census-taker applicants:
3,000,000
Questions on the long census form:
53
Pages in the Congressional Record devoted to discussion of the 2000 census:
188
Movies produced by David Brown:
26
Oscars awarded to David Brown films:
9
Technicians required to operate Jaws shark:
13
Ratio of sharks killed by humans to humans killed by sharks:
4,000,000:1
Sources: 1. U.S. Geological Survey; Stanford University Libraries; 2. U.S. Census Bureau; Library of Congress; 3. Internet Movie Database; Time; Times Union (Albany, N.Y.).
