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February 11, 2010
An average of 260 inches of snow falls a year in Mount Washington, N.H. Valdez, Alaska, sees an average of 326 inches of snow.
Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
February 10, 2010
An average of 105 snow storms occur in the continental United States each year.
Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Feb. 2-Feb. 8
This week, readers sent us comments on the length of bills, journalistic ethics and other people’s e-mails. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive.
Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
February 9, 2010
The prevalence of obesity among U.S. adult males was 32.2 percent in 2007-2008; it was 35.5 percent among females.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
February 8, 2010
In a quarter of the land in the Northern Hemisphere, there’s an underground layer that is frozen all year long.
Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
February 7, 2010
Permafrost is ground that remains frozen for at least two consecutive years.
Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
February 6, 2010
December 2009 set a record for the greatest snow extent over North America in the 44-year history of snow cover maps produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Source: NOAA
February 5, 2010
The percentage of non-elderly persons in the U.S. with private health insurance was 79 percent in 1968; it remained around that level until 1980, and then dropped to 67 percent by 2007.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
February 4, 2010
In a 2009 survey, 6 percent of adults under age 65 said they had requested a refill of a prescription via the Internet and 3 percent said they had made a medical appointment online.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics