i agree with george profulis a respected local meterologist new jersey is hit by a category or storm directly landfall about once every years last in putting us years overdue and by a category or landfalling storm every years last years ago coming due soon major storms passing within miles off our coast ' ' donna belle gloria causing a direct hit are far more common and can be just as damaging and deadly i would say that a repeat of ' today would cause katrina like damage in the northeast new jersey might be small but it is also the most densely populated state in the nation many of the homes especially those along the shore are only a few feet apart a good storm surge like seen in ' would devastate miles of prime real estate that is far more valuable per square mile then that along the gulf coast also strong storms passing to our west gale of tropical storm david in can put n j in a storm's right front quadrant the most vicious part of the cyclone