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To: Brumar89 who wrote (828352)	1/7/2015 10:05:14 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576344

And I hope oil prices keep dropping........you may have to go on welfare............

To: Brumar89 who wrote (828352)	1/8/2015 11:59:57 AM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1576344

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (828352)	1/8/2015 12:00:38 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576344

Are Oil and Gas Industries Behind the Rare Texas Earthquakes? Scientists probe injection wells, with possible ties to fracking, in search for cause. A fracking operation in Forth Worth, Texas. Some residents worry that recent earthquakes in the area may have been caused by the injecting of fracking waste. Photograph by Les Stone, Corbis Brian Clark Howard National Geographic Published January 7, 2015 A rare series of earthquakes in northern Texas has residents asking if oil and gas activities are responsible for the shaking, which has left people rattled but did not cause significant damage or injuries. A series of nine earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 1.6 to 3.6 shook the Dallas region over a period of less than 24 hours late Tuesday and early Wednesday. The shaking was felt in Dallas, Irving, and surrounding towns. Residents of those areas have flooded Twitter with accusations that the quakes were caused by oil and gas activity. Scientists say they won't know the cause of the temblors for perhaps a year, but that it's possible industrial activities could have played a role. "It's premature to speculate on the causes of the earthquakes," says Brian Stump, a seismologist and professor at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, who is studying the recent temblors. Earthquakes in the area had been virtually unknown until relatively recently. "If we go back prior to October of 2008, the historical record indicates there might have been one earthquake in 1950, but that was about it," says Stump. Since then, there have been more than a hundred seismic events in the area, known as the Fort Worth Basin.