Wednesday Practice, Safest State

Dave Reardon writes that Ryan Mouton is practicing today. Dave's blog should have updates later on.

Stephen Tsai reports that Princess Leila reports that Mouton is practicing, and has injury updates on some other players:

• Safety Desmond Thomas (left hip flexor) is practicing.
• Wideout Greg Salas (sore ribs) is running routes.
• But Kealoha Dane Porlas (hyper-extended right knee) is not practicing.

How did these players get injured in the first place? I'm not completely sure, but I think it's safe to say -- as this Honolulu Advertiser "BREAKING NEWS" article urgently points out -- it probably wasn't from colliding with a deer.

Hawai'i has gained another special distinction.

It's the best place to avoid collision with a deer.

State Farm Insurance has released a new ranking that measures states according crashes involving deer on the highway.

State Farm's survey shows that West Virginia is the place where drivers are most likely to hit deer, with an estimated one in 57 chance of hitting one in the next 12 months. Michigan is next with a one in 86 chance.

Hawai'i ranks the safest, with a one in 16,624 chance of hitting a deer.

Man, those odds are still a little too low for comfort. Thanks for the article, Advertiser.