Some stats from Biloxi

Some interesting stats from the City of Biloxi:

1. " 3,167 – number of students in Biloxi public schools when classes resumed Sept. 26 (compared to 6,125 enrolled pre-storm). Five months after the storm, enrollment was at 4,321.
2. $54,795 – amount of gaming tax city would be collecting per day if casinos were operating ($20 million a year; 35 percent of city’s annual operating revenue)
3. $92,000 – amount city agreed to pay in July 2005 for a $10 million business interruption insurance policy in the event casinos were shut down by a storm
4. $500,000 – amount of gaming tax state lost each day Biloxi casinos after Katrina.
5. More than 2.08 million cubic yards – amount of storm debris that had been removed from city streets and public rights-of-way since the storm. This amount of debris would cover a football field with and stand more than 97 stories high. City leaders estimate that about 75 percent of the debris had been removed six months after the storm."