Tuesday, December 30, 2008
News Add it up: Annus not totally horribilis
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Number of people who died jumping from metro Atlanta highway overpasses in 2008: 1
Number of buses to plunge off a highway overpass: 0
Number of people who threatened to jump from metro Atlanta construction cranes over this past year: 0
Number of new Atlanta skyscrapers under construction or completed in the last 12 months: 11
Of all regional banks that failed in 2008, percentage based in Georgia: 20
Number of major banks headquartered in Atlanta when 2008 began: 1
Number of major banks still headquartered in Atlanta as 2008 ends: 1
Number of Atlanta-based Fortune 500 companies that went bankrupt in 2008: 0
Hartsfield-Jackson’s 2007 ranking among major U.S. airports for flight delays: 7
Hartsfield-Jackson’s 2008 ranking among major U.S. airports for flight delays: 9
Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Emporis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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