2011-03-24 News

By the Numbers

Old Birds and Tall Towers

March 23, 2011 | 01:28 PM

2,000
Number of endangered adult Laysan and black-footed albatross that were killed when the March 10 tsunami struck a national wildlife refuge on the Midway atoll; another 110,000 chicks were killed

60 years
Age of "Wisdom" (pictured), an albatross that survived the tsunami and is the oldest known wild bird in the world

450 feet
Height of Central Maui's KMVI radio tower, which was taken down by its owner this week so it could be replaced by a smaller tower

77-74
Final score of a second-round game between the University of Hawaii men's basketball team and the University of San Francisco in the CIT Tournament; UH lost and was eliminated

9 years
Time that has elapsed since UH last competed in the NCAA Tournament

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