The Daily Numbers -- Feb. 11

The Daily Numbers: 5 degrees, that’s what it feels like out there this morning when you figure in the wind factor.


2.5 inches of snow, that’s all we’ve gotten so far this winter. Doesn’t bother me in the least.


27 people who were chased out of their homes and into bitter cold conditions last night when flames roared through an apartment in New Castle, Del.


9 people who fled a fire in Chester Sunday morning. No injuries were reported in the blaze at Fifth and Kerlin streets.


1 firefighter who was injured while fighting a blaze on Valley View Drive in Radnor on Sunday. The volunteer fell 10 feet from a ladder.


12, age of female student who died of pneumococcal meningitis in Haddon Township, N.J.


60 foot tree that fell onto an SUV in Reading. The driver was killed. His wife was critically injured. The SUV was traveling 50 mph when the massive tree was toppled by high winds and fell directly on top of the vehicle.


168,000 dollar loss reported in fourth quarter by Beneficial Mutual Bancorp.


2 gunshot wounds, in stomach and legs, suffered by man who threatened a Philadelphia police officer in an alleyway on Willard Street.


68 car pileup that occurred during a blinding snow squall on Interstate 81 near Hazleton Sunday afternoon. One driver was killed.


2 dead, 4 wounded in another weekend of violence on the streets of Philadelphia.


3 people killed when flames roared through a row home in Hunting Park early Saturday. A grandfather and two young boys were killed.


4 wins over the weekend for Sen. Barack Obama, who swept contests in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington Saturday, and in Maine yesterday.


5 Grammy Awards for Amy Winehouse, who had to perform via satellite after she was denied a visa. She still looks like a train wreck.


1 new campaign boss for Hillary Clinton after she sacked a longtime aide who had been heading her campaign.


2 goals for R.J. Umberger yesterday, but the Flyers still lost in Pittsburgh, 4-3.


3 straight losses for the Flyers, who now find themselves four points behind the Pens and wondering about the availability of ailing star Simon Gagne, who left the game with concussion syndromes again.


2 Two brothers from Bonner who are leading the charge for Penn State Brandywine. Andrew and Mike Thornton lead the 12-6 Lions squad.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
In four days spring will arrive. That’s when pitchers and catchers report for the start of Phillies training camp in Clearwater.
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I Don’t Get It: All this hot air about steroids in baseball that is being huffed and puffed about in D.C. Who cares? Don’t they have anything better to do?


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Today’s Upper: If you can get your teeth to stop chattering when you leave the office this afternoon, take a moment to notice that it is still light out. Spring is coming. Honest.


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Quote Box: “Like a flower, it has just come to bloom in the last two, two and a half years.”

-- The Rev. Joseph Corley, on the increase in African immigrants into his Darby parish.

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