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KamaAina

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47. Here's the area in question

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:50 PM

Sep 2012

The name "Coalinga" may be vaguely familiar to Californians. That's because it had a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in 1983. Not shown on the map, underneath the white box that says "Parcels for sale..." is Parkfield. The stretch of the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield is the most heavily studied and instrumented stretch of fault in the world, because of the frequency of small quakes there.

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U.S. to auction state shale for drilling [View all] Duer 157099 Sep 2012 OP

In order for this to work, they need to do three things Orrex Sep 2012 #1

"inspire them to hire non-union, non-US workers too." zbdent Sep 2012 #2

Fracking is NEVER safe. RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #3

+1 limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #30

This is already fueling boom towns in North Dakota and Texas. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #4

C'mon Down oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #5

That sounds about right. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #12

Don't forget how the boom in heavy industry takes a toll on Ilsa Sep 2012 #16

Good luck finding a place to live arounf the Bakken fields. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #8

Dude, I'm seriously thinking of sleeping in my truck. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #11

If you are close to a small city, join an athletic club. Ilsa Sep 2012 #15

Good advice, thanks. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #19

The fracking will happen whether you are there or not. Ilsa Sep 2012 #26

What's it gonna be like in 10 years when the well has dried up RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #38

Our county had a small boom for the time that the oil companies were putting in a pipeline. We jwirr Sep 2012 #43

They tell me the fault line pscot Sep 2012 #6

Fracking near a fault? FUCKING IDIOTIC!!! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #7

Terrible Vision oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #23

Yay! More Fracking Hydra Sep 2012 #9

Frick and Frack = Willard and Lyin Ryan. Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #10

"NIMBY" Is The Operative Principle, Here. Paladin Sep 2012 #13

No, I believe it is "NOMBAF" Duer 157099 Sep 2012 #14

Not "Nimby" at all -- Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2012 #45

I live in Stockton, California datadiva Sep 2012 #17

Where's a fucking Occupy, when you need one? Gone home to push the "Don't vote" meme. nt patrice Sep 2012 #18

Make that the Ayn Rand, "There's no choice", so don't vote meme, in my area, which pretty much patrice Sep 2012 #20

what a thoughtful, relevant post. Occulus Sep 2012 #24

Based on facts. I don't need to justify myself to you. I know what happened here. nt patrice Sep 2012 #28

Ans I didn't ASK for any justification. Occulus Sep 2012 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #37

How does voting affect this? limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #27

Haven't you heard, "Everything's Obama's fault. Don't vote. Let is crash and burn, so we can patrice Sep 2012 #29

This isn't what we voted for. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #31

Does the environment ever take priority. JRLeft Sep 2012 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #22

Auctions Such As This Happen All The Time. Paladin Sep 2012 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #36

Again, There's A Long-Standing Procedure In Place....... Paladin Sep 2012 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #41

As A Matter Of Fact, I DO Have Special Insight. Paladin Sep 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #49

Don't vote for candidates who support this. This is global warming denialism. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #25

As a CA native who went through the bkkyosemite Sep 2012 #34

This They_Live Sep 2012 #35

I sure do. It's class war all over again RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #39

Now that is a test state. I wonder if California is going to do an EPA study? jwirr Sep 2012 #42

Are they fucking KIDDING???? Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2012 #44

And California gets nothing in return KamaAina Sep 2012 #46

Here's the area in question KamaAina Sep 2012 #47

Parkfield has had a pretty steady record of M6 quakes, but never a huge one slackmaster Sep 2012 #51

Here we go again. nt woo me with science Sep 2012 #50