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That was in Edison not Linden.

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Ah, wrong. Try March 23, 1994. Interestingly, this is the same system and operator (Texas Eastern Transmission) that is behind the proposed pipeline expansion through Jersey City.

People have been dying in Haiti long before the earthquake!!! Dont tell me you donated money or wasted money! The people will never get it and the government is more corrupt than ever. SOOOOO why dont you make it about us and donate to an American organization.

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You said it brother. Sad.

People are dying in Haiti and Chile!! How can we make it about us?! Ugh.

Here are the more likely natural disasters that may be in the future of JC - Riots and the plague from all the rice/bread thrown for rats and pigeons to continue their overpopulation.

All the same...

The events in Haiti and now in Chile are a good reason to review your own family's emergency preparedness.

I would suggest going to www.ready.gov.

The redcross also has tips for emergencies.

The key is to "have a plan" and a rendezvous point and contact list.

Also, a "Go Bag" is essential. First aid kit, whistle, water, some dry food, radio, etc.

Anyway. It's up to you. But remember, not all disasters are earthquakes. FYI most of downtown JC is in a flood zone.

FG

Looking at the papers there is one every couple of years -- but there was a really big barge explosion in 1990 - click link below

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/07/nyr ... ur-kill.html?pagewanted=1

Click on the time line.

http://www.google.com/archivesearch?q=linden+nj+explosion

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Ah, wrong, try like the early 80's, not the early 90's, the blast in Linden was so powerful that it shattered windows in the Heights.

I remember in the early 90s when we thought there was a earthquake, everything shook in the middle of the night but it was the explosion in Linden off the turnpike at the gas plant.

A shake-up call for the Garden State

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
THE RECORD

The horrific earthquakes in Haiti and Chile may leave some New Jerseyans to wonder: Can earthquakes happen here?

Actually, they do, most recently on Feb. 21. Residents of Bernardsville and other Somerset County towns felt a gentle rumbling that morning from a magnitude 2.6 quake and, 3 1/2 hours later, a magnitude 2.3 quake. No damage was reported. Two weeks earlier, the same area had two smaller quakes, measuring 1.5 and 1.2, but no one noticed. The February quakes occurred in the area of the Ramapo Fault, which runs diagonally through northwestern New Jersey.

That?s about as bad as Garden State earthquakes get, said Karl Muessig, the state geologist.

There?s never been a recorded earthquake-related death in New Jersey, and the strongest quake felt here occurred in 1884. That 5.5 temblor, centered in Jamaica Bay, shook Brooklyn silly and toppled chimneys in Jersey City, Muessig said.

New Jersey had about 160 measurable quakes in the 20th century. The strongest were a magnitude 4.0 in 1938 centered in Lakehurst and a magnitude 3.5 in 1979 centered in Cheesequake ? yes, Cheesequake! ? State Park, in Matawan.

Should we be lulled into thinking that New Jersey will never suffer earthquake destruction?

"The New Jersey Geological Survey is involved with FEMA and the state police in looking at the state?s current building stock and running calculations of potential earthquake damage," Muessig said. "We don?t think we?d ever get anything greater than a 5.5, but we have enough old building stock that there could be a building collapse, or even a death. It?s possible."

Interestingly, the state geologist admits that he has never felt an earthquake ? in New Jersey or anywhere in the world.

? Jay Levin