Earthquakes in Texas?! I for one have never heard of such
things in the 26 years I have lived in various parts of Texas from places like
Andrews, to Victoria, Lubbock, Fort Hood and so forth. So hearing about the slew of earthquakes that
have struck in the northern Texas area in cities such as Azle, Reno, Mineral
Wells, and Jacksboro etc., is perplexing.
From the 6th to the 28th of November,
this north Texas area has experienced 16 earthquakes, six during the last four
days. From 1970 to 2008 there have only
been 2 reported earthquakes in the region.
From 2008 to November 28 there have been 74 reported earthquakes.
What is the source of this tectonic terror? Residents will
blame fracking. An increasing number of citizens and scientist are now pointing
to the idea the waste water wells of fracking is responsible for the
tremors.
Residents are terrified by the unrelenting earthquakes, with
the fear the next earthquake will bring their homes down on them.
"My wife, she's having panic attacks because of it,"
says local Keith Krayer from
Briar, Texas.
In studies performed by the USGS where storage wells are
used to dispose of the waste water produced by fracking, the number of
magnitude 3 earthquakes swelled from 29 in 2008 to 134 in the past year.
In light of recent earthquakes in Texas, Ohio has recently
passed moratorium legislature on fracking as well as Massachusetts setting
their hold for 10 years, until evidence is found these earthquakes are not
man-made related.
There comes a time when we Texans need our state government
to put their foot down and have these companies stop damaging our homestead;
however we need to do our part in the process in stalling these companies. The dollar is very powerful in this
matter. By using products and services which
do not use petroleum products, and minimizing our consumption of fossil fuels
we can tell these companies we will have no part in the destruction of our
state!
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