Earthquake In NJ!!

On Monday February 2, 2009 the people in several towns in Morris County witnessed an earthquake! The magnitude of the earthquake was a 3.0. The largest earthquake in NJ was in 1974 with a magnitude 4.0. This happened on on Oct. 19, 1985. The most earthquake that we had on Monday surprised many people. They did no expect to have one. "It was unbelievable. I was sitting on the couch watching the TV, and it felt like an explosion right in my fireplace," said Hans Karl. Hans Karl was one of the people who had the floor beneath them shake. People living in Parsippany to Hackettstown to Bernardsville said that they felt something shake underneath them. In the end, it was stated that no one was injured or dead. Everyone who witnessed this earthquake was ok. I think this is really cool how we had an earhquake. I didn't think that there could be earthquakes in New Jersey, but I guess Iwas wrong.

link-http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/it_sounded_like_an_explosion.html

SS-The Inauguration 2009

On Tuesday January 20, 2009 over two million people went to Washington DC to watch the Presidential Inauguration. It was a very historical event. Barrock Obama is now our new President. There is a lot of pressure on his shoulders with solving the problems the country is facing. Still, we have faith that he will do it.

This Inauguration was being shown all over the world. Many People knew how much this event meant. Poeple of all races thought this was a great beginning. Hussein Mohammed Ali is a teacher in Baghdad. "I feel so proud and happy today because Obama, a black man like me, will assume the post of president of the world's most powerful country," he said. I think this shows how proud people are to see an african american president fro America. This also shows respect for a new president in charge.

During the Inauguration, many people were proud to be watching this event. It made many emotional. One particular line caut people attention. In his words, president Obama stated, "Greatness is never a given. It must be earned." I think that he ment we have to work for what we want. After the Inauguration many people congradulated President Obama. He thanked them and then he went in his limo. Many people were outside to see our new President. Soon both President and First Lady came out. They continued to walk on feet for two blocks and them went back in their limo. They were both extremely happy, so was everyone else. They waved and cheered. I think they did this because they were trying to show respect for the people outside.

Information from- http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html for the 3rd http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28754111/ for the 2nd paragraph

Telephone

Technology has changed drastically since the last 30 years. We have come out with many new gadgets and gizmo's, but we have also improved our other inventions. One example is the telephone. Telephones were create for the purpose of communication. Once the telephone was invented, many things were done to improve it. In the early 1960's the cell phone was invented. Earlier people only had phones for home. They never had the fancy expensive ones. People have seen many changes for the telephone. We have so many brands and styles now. Technoloy has really advanced.