Tri-State Earthquake: A Rumbling Weekend
They say an earthquake is nature dancing, which is why last Friday’s quake left this New Yorker hoping for an encore (“On shaky ground,” April 7).
As my office building sashayed like a drunk ordering another round, I found the experience far too fleeting. Did our mild tremor have the panache of a California special? Maybe not.
But what it had was something more dignified. It was like a bullfight, where the matador and beast hug at the end.
Oliver Mosier
Brooklyn
What the heck could New Jersey’s Gov. Phil Murphy do after the fact (“NJ Gov. Phil Murphy under fire for not returning to state following historic earthquake that left residents rattled,” April 6)?
It was a small earthquake with little damage. Should he have overreacted like New York Gov. Hochul?
New Jersey has qualified leadership in the agencies that run the state. If the damage had been significant, his absence would have notable.
Then he would have been key to coordinating state and federal agencies. But actual state agencies are run by their heads, not the governor.
Peter Peirano
Ridgewood, NJ
An earthquake last Friday, historical rainfall and flooding in March and a solar eclipse on Monday.
Add on top of it two wars that have been killing thousands. Could the Rapture be close ahead? David DiBello Brooklyn
Imagine if the earthquake occurred exactly one week earlier — on Good Friday.
Churches would have been full to bursting on Easter Sunday morning with people who would have all of a sudden started calling themselves lapsed Christians.
James Vespe
Mamaroneck
Earthquake on the Jersey shore, bridge collapse in Baltimore.
ISIS slaughter from behind the gun, the moon completely blocking out the sun.
Relief workers in Gaza blown away. What else do I have to say?
From the stunning events of the past two weeks alone, Billy Joel has enough material for a reprise of his hit “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
Vin Morabito
Scranton, Pa.