Earthquakes in Texas?

[PureX]

...and just as surely you shall let us know your thoughts in your own inimitably snide, all knowing and patronizing fashion.

You bet! And you're welcome!

 

[Stripe]

Seismicity caused by extracting material from underground is of no serious concern.

Subsidence might be, but the shaking will never be of any significance.

 

[chrysostom]

I believe I'm being patronized....
The "Shadow knows"!

somebody very close to me is always asking
should I worry about this?
and
my answer is always
what are your choices?

it is my sarcastic way of saying
you are going to worry about something
so
you might as well be worried about something important

the barbarian wants you to worry about fracking
and
not about the government takeover of our economy

 

[shagster01]

more liberal scare tactics
they don't want us to produce our own energy

So liberals caused the first ever earth quake under a fracking operation outside of my town just to scare us?

 

[chrysostom]

So liberals caused the first ever earth quake under a fracking operation outside of my town just to scare us?

no
conservatives are using fracking so we can produce our own energy

 

[shagster01]

no
conservatives are using fracking so we can produce our own energy

Earthquakes certainly do produce a lot of energy.

 

[bybee]

You bet! And you're welcome!

Point made!

 

[bybee]

somebody very close to me is always asking
should I worry about this?
and
my answer is always
what are your choices?

it is my sarcastic way of saying
you are going to worry about something
so
you might as well be worried about something important

the barbarian wants you to worry about fracking
and
not about the government takeover of our economy

However, what the Barbarian supposedly wants is not necessarily a guiding force in my decision making process.
AND! I shall choose the subject of my worry!

 

[patrick jane]

frickin frackin - whatever makes money. the environment is expendable. destroy for the dollar, while the dollar is being destroyed. perfect combination. the world is babylon, by the way. i'm feeling prophetic today. we will all die. don't worry about it

 

[resodko]

we get shaken once in a while by a fault that usually centers around montreal or quebec city :idunno:

 

[bybee]

frickin frackin - whatever makes money. the environment is expendable. destroy for the dollar, while the dollar is being destroyed. perfect combination. the world is babylon, by the way. i'm feeling prophetic today. we will all die. don't worry about it

Personally? Today I live!

 

[The Barbarian]

Hmmm...some buildings have rockers on which the foundation moves to avoid earthquake damage. A high-rise would be a really long lever, which attached to a robust gear train, could speed up a really big flywheel that could then generate electricity.

You taking notes, Chrys?

 

[chrysostom]

So liberals caused the first ever earth quake under a fracking operation outside of my town just to scare us?

Earthquakes certainly do produce a lot of energy.

Hmmm...some buildings have rockers on which the foundation moves to avoid earthquake damage. A high-rise would be a really long lever, which attached to a robust gear train, could speed up a really big flywheel that could then generate electricity.

You taking notes, Chrys?

you can tell when they don't have an argument

 

[IMJerusha]

Texas is normally one of the more boring states tectonically. But...

USGS confirms 4 quakes in Irving Tuesday, including two after 8 p.m.

One rocked the building where Mrs. B was working late. I'm a little jealous. I've only been in one earthquake, but it was a very mild one in Los Angeles, and I was walking to fast to notice it. No one knows what's going on exactly, but some are blaming the fracking used in gas wells nearby. Seismologists haven't supported that, so far.

Californians moving in! :chuckle:

 

[shagster01]

you can tell when they don't have an argument

The argument is that earthquakes are happening in places that they have not been recorded before, directly under fracking operations.

 

[The Barbarian]

Californians moving in!

Yankee carpetbaggers, and their durn plate tectonics!

 

[The Barbarian]

In a related story, tea party republicans announce that Obama is to blame for the earthquakes.

 

[IMJerusha]

Yankee carpetbaggers, and their durn plate tectonics!

Dude, Californians aren't Yankee and they aren't Johnny Reb...they're a breed unto themselves, capable of all manner of strange! There's no tellin' what kind of tonic is on their plates! :noid:

 

[IMJerusha]

In a related story, tea party republicans announce that Obama is to blame for the earthquakes.

Nah, he's not a Californian, he's Kenyan....Not even close! lain:

 

[The Barbarian]

Dude, Californians aren't Yankee and they aren't Johnny Reb

Yankees start at the Red River.