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Best small towns

GetListy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:39:16 +0000

Southern Living’s readers voted on their favorite small towns:

1. Beaufort, South Carolina
2. Fairhope, Alabama
3. Fredericksburg, Texas
4. Blowing Rock, North Carolina
5. Franklin, Tennessee
6. Eureka Springs, Arkansas
7. Oxford, Mississippi
8. Grand Rivers, Kentucky
9. Madison, Georgia
10. Hendersonville, North Carolina

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Unhealthiest U.S. states

Bill Sullivan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:12:16 +0000

Louisiana has replaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest state in America, according to a report issued by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the Partnership for Prevention advocacy group.

The overall health of Americans remained static for a fourth year, according to the report, which weighs such factors as binge drinking, health insurance coverage, air pollution, infectious disease rates, crime levels and immunization coverage.

Southern states tended to fare poorly in the rankings, as the report claims the region has some of the highest rates of obesity, which contributes to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer, as well as high rates of smoking, which causes cancer, lung disease, heart disease and other problems.

Here are the Bottom 10:

50. Louisiana

49. Mississippi

48. South Carolina

47. Tennessee

46. Texas

45. Florida

T43. Oklahoma

T43. Arkansas

42. Nevada

41. Georgia

To see the best, more of the worst, and everything in between, visit americashealthrankings.org.

States With Most Hurricanes

Melissa Segrest — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:22:24 +0000

In addition to being the source of up-to-the-minute information about hurricanes threatening or striking the United States, the National Hurricane Center is also the official repository of detailed histories of hurricanes that have hit the country since 1851. Among their more interesting statistics are those detailing the deadliest, costliest and most intense storms to hit the U.S. through 2006.

According to the center’s database, 96 major hurricanes in the Atlantic have struck the U.S. coast since 1851. The states with the highest number of hurricane strikes are:

1. Florida, with 113 hurricanes, 37 of them major storms and two that reached Category 5 status (the strongest and most destructive of hurricanes).

2. Texas, with 60 total hurricanes, 19 of them major. The majority (23) were Category 1 storms, and none were Category 5.

3. Louisiana, with 52 total hurricanes, 20 of them major. One of those storms was a Category 5, and four were Category 4 storms.

4. North Carolina, with 50 total hurricanes, 12 of them major storms. No Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in North Carolina, but there has been one Category 4 storm.

5. South Carolina with 30 hurricanes, six of them major. Two Category 4 hurricanes have made landfall on the South Carolina coast.

The remaining top-ranked states for hurricane strikes are, in descending order, Alabama with 26, Georgia with 23, Mississippi with 16, New York with 12, Connecticut and Massachusetts with 11, Virginia with 10 and Rhode Island with nine.

For detailed statistics and information about hurricanes and the United States, go to the National Hurricane Center Web site.

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