New Brunswick town plagued for weeks by ‘earthquake swarm’ — and no one knows why

[polly7]

New Brunswick town plagued for weeks by ‘earthquake swarm’ — and no one knows why

Joe O'Connor Apr 17, 2012 – 8:17 PM ET | Last Updated: Apr 18, 2012 8:55 AM ET

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/17/new-brunswick-town-plagued-for-weeks-by-earthquake-swarm-and-no-one-know-why/

Springtime in McAdam, a tiny village in southwestern New Brunswick not far from the Maine border, is like springtime in most other parts of Canada. Locals chatter about the NHL playoffs, the garden they are planting, the grass that needs to be cut, the fish they can’t wait to catch and the cottage they can’t wait to get to, once the warm weather really settles in.

Lately, however, an interloper has elbowed its way into the community’s daily dialogue. Pushing aside the playoffs. Pushing its way to the very top of the talking points.

“Everybody is talking about the earthquakes,” says David Blair, a retired science teacher and lifetime McAdam resident from his home on Old Harvey Road, just east of downtown.

Retired science teacher David Blair with a seismograph set up in his basement. “Everybody is talking about the earthquakes,” he says.
“You’ll be out and about and people will say, ‘Did you feel the one last night, or did you feel the one this morning? Some people will say yes, others might say no. It really depends on what you are doing.’ ......

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/out-there-1/inexplicable-earthquake-swarm-in-canada.html

[MisterP]

1. Shub-Niggurath?

[intaglio]

2. Nah, just someone turning over

in HIS sleep

[JNelson6563]

3. lolz Very clever!

This song seems to lend itself to being remade with other words. I must say, this was one of the most clever efforts I have seen.

Thanks for posting it!

Julie

[applegrove]

4. Um. Aren't they fracking in New Brunswick these days?

[polly7]

6. I would think if they were fracking near enough to affect underground water levels at

McAdam, the seismologists who are saying they have no idea what's causing it would know? It's probably the first thing one would question.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/out-there-1/inexplicable-earthquake-swarm-in-canada.html

"Moodus, Connecticut, is another tiny town with an earthquake problem, one dating back hundreds of years and which, today, is the basis of the local high school’s team name: The Noises. The noises in McAdam, meanwhile, have been described by the locals as a loud “bang,” a “boom,” “like dynamite being blown up,” and “a loud thud, like somebody falling out of bed.”

[Posteritatis]

5. Scientists also confirm this is the first interesting thing ever to happen in New Brunswick. (nt)