Largest earthquake in 35 years hits Arkansas

Yahoo/AP ^

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GREENBRIER, Ark. – The central Arkansas town of Greenbrier has been plagued for months by hundreds of small earthquakes, and after being woken up by the largest quake to hit the state in 35 years, residents said Monday they're unsettled by the increasing severity and lack of warning

[WakeUpAndVote]

Lack of warning?

[Izzy Dunne]

whether there's a possible connection to the region's natural gas drilling industry.

Oh Noes - the boogeymen are coming!

[Izzy Dunne]

What we need is global warning.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The central Arkansas town of Greenbrier has been plagued for months by hundreds of small earthquakes..."

"...they're unsettled by the increasing severity and lack of warning..."

Ummm, how much more "warning" do you need than "hundreds of small earthquakes," of, "increasing severity"?

I think most people would consider that fair warning.

[DTogo]

residents said Monday they're unsettled by the increasing severity and lack of warning

It's a conspiracy to keep earthquake forecasts away from folks in Arkansas.

[Izzy Dunne]

A six-month moratorium was established in January on new injection wells in the area to allow time to study the relationship — if any — between the wells and the earthquakes.

So they stopped drilling in January, and at the end of February, there's a quake.

So it's not the drilling, it's the existence of the holes!

Haven't there been earthquakes for, like, I dunno.... HUNDREDS of years?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It’s that ancient volcano stirring under the Natural State.

[Izzy Dunne]

"It's Mother Earth. It's going to do what it's going to do."

Somebody please print this out and staple it to Al Gore's forehead.

[reagan_fanatic]

and after being woken up...

Is that even proper English?

[Izzy Dunne]

Is it... Gojira?

[Red Badger]

Hot Springs?.............

[Walkingfeather]

Idiots! I hate the media.

[Walkingfeather]

Idiots! I hate the media.

[Izzy Dunne]

Would it be rude to point out that, if this is the largest quake in 35 years, then the one 35 years ago was larger, and not likely to be connected to the gas drilling that occurred last year?

[Red Badger]

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put!............

[Buckeye McFrog]

35 years ago....isn’t that around the time Clinton gave up jogging?

[doodad]

No kidding. I guess they need to read up on the New Madrid fault and what happened almost TWO HUNDRED years ago!

[Hatteras]

"...residents said Monday they're unsettled by the increasing severity and lack of warning"

Well, then I guess they are going to have to get settled, huh?

I, myself, have never experienced an earthquake. The one thing in life I could always count on no matter what else happens, the ground will always be right there where I left it. So I couldn't imagine what that must feel like. Give me a hurricane anyday, at least I know what to expect.

But with that said, I don't hear the weenies in California complaining about not having warnings. And I'm sure if there was somebody they could sue, they would have tried it by now. So I guess Arkansans just need to deal with it. Hell, move, if you're that unsettled. Just don't move to NC. ;-)

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“and after being woken up by the largest quake to hit ...”

“Is that even proper English?”

Sounds okay to me.