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By the Numbers
Big Island Eruptions and Surf Movie Loot

by Jacob Shafer

March 10, 2011

2006

Year in which Hawaii enacted a three-strikes law for violent offenders

1

Number of people who have been sentenced under the law, which is set to expire in July

$100,000

Prize money earned by Haiku's Matt Meola, 21, for submitting the winning clip in a surf-video contest

100 feet

Maximum height of lava eruptions from a 1.4-mile fissure that opened last week in the Big Island's Kilauea volcano

5 hours, 7 minutes

Time it took Australian marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey to cross the seven-mile Alalakeiki channel between Kahoolawe and Maui; Palfrey also plans to attempt the Kaiwi channel between Oahu and Molokai and the Kaluakahi channel between Kauai and Niihau