Experts Eye Oil and Gas Industry as Quakes Shake Oklahoma

[SecularMotion]

Source: NY Times

OKLAHOMA CITY — Mary Catherine Sexton has been rattled enough.

This fall her neighborhood in the northeastern part of this city has been shaken by dozens of minor earthquakes. “We would just have little trembles all the time,” she said.

Even before a magnitude 4.5 quake on Saturday knocked objects off her walls and a stone from above her neighbor’s bay window, Ms. Sexton was on edge.

“People are fed up with the earthquakes,” she said. “Our kids are scared. We’re scared.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/science/earth/as-quakes-shake-oklahoma-scientists-eye-oil-and-gas-industry.html?hp

[BlueJazz]

1. Peoplee are fed up with the earthquakes" I'll bet not fed up enough.

I wonder if Mary Catherine Sexton voted for candidates that were pushing for alternative energy sources or did she vote for Republicans.

[mbperrin]

2. It would be a bit tough to find alternative boosters in OK,

just to be fair.

But the real blame falls on the lying assholes in the drilling industry - they're the villains, in truth, and all for money, as usual, never thinking that fresh water would be nice to have some of as well.

[BlueJazz]

3. What you say is very true.

[freshwest]

4. They need to go after frackers, no doubt. They are frequent suspects. IDK how far the area is from

the New Madrid fault zone, which is to the east, but that seems to be a remote chance.

So it may be from the fracking.

The fact they are looking at the oil and gas industry indicates they see a man-made cause that can be remedied.

This is why I like scientists. The RWNJs would call it an 'Act of God' and keep fooling around. Now there may be a solution - such as quit fracking.

Here's a map:

http://www.okgeosurvey1.gov/pages/earthquakes/recent-earthquakes.php

[Berlum]

5. It's fracking insanity

Got to put a stop to it...