[Shop-talk] more water heater

[Doug Braun]

Parts of Queens and the Bronx will be in big trouble if that happens...

Doug
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David
Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] more water heater
>
To: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> Cc: "Shop-Talk List"
<shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 4:31 PM
> On
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:43 PM,
> Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> I have never heard of an earthquake in NJ...
> >
> > According to a
geologist friend of mine, there has
> been at least one major
> > earthquake
in every state in the union.  NJ is
> pretty quiet though, the
> > last
> >
one listed was only a 3.8 back in 1973.
> >
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/new_jersey/history.php
> >
> >
>
Northern NJ is actually pretty high risk earthquake
> area.   I sent a
>
response about this earlier, but I seem to have sent it to
> doug only, and
>
not the list.
> 
> NJ building codes do have requirements for earthquake
>
resistance in new
> construction, at least for commercial and public
buildings;
> I don't know
> about residential ones.  I wouldn't be at all
>
surprised (nor would
> geologists) by a magnitude 6 quake near NYC.