Odds and ends, 10/25/07

Here's something that totally surprised me. Not.



BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Data gathered by State Farm Insurance shows that vehicles are most likely to collide with deer in West Virginia — a one in 57 chance.



The Bloomington, Ill.-based insurance company says second place goes to Michigan, followed by Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Iowa.



The least likely state for deer-vehicle collisions is Hawaii, with odds of more than one in 16,600.



The company used deer claims data from the last half of 2006 though the first half of 2007 to determine the odds.



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I don't know about you guys, but the fall colors have been pretty good in my neck of the woods so far.