The article doesn't do Maddows's attached clip justice, fails to note that the earthquakes in Azle have been increasing in number and magnitude: 12 earthquakes in November, 30 in the span of 2 months; no mention of sinkholes on private property or the laissez faire attitude of state officials.
Out of curiousity, I took a gander as to how far Azle was from the New Madrid fault line, as it has been in the news again. From what I can gather, activity at New Madrid would not influence Texas. That aside, I can't understand the flippant attitude of state officials, reminds me of the 1997 movie Volcano, starring Tommy Lee Jones. My point being you start messing with shit that you don't understand, issues are going to arise. Just because we can doesn't mean we should.
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Azle, Texas, located west of Ft. Worth, has recently begun to experience earthquakes for the first time in the town’s history. They started in November, with a small 2.6 magnitude temblor. It was a small quake, but for a town with no history of earthquakes, it was alarming to inhabitants.
Another quake followed the next day. Then, two more that night. Something was clearly amiss in the earth underneath Azle and it has only gotten worse since then.
The quakes have been centered around two fracking injection wells, which residents and experts now believe may be responsible for the quakes. Citizens of Azle traveled to the state capital in Austin to see what they could find out from the state government.
Maddow welcomed Azle Mayor Alan Brundrett, who said that even though the state has been “noncommittal” as to the cause of the quakes, “We definitely need to get the wells shut down. Any common sense person that looks at the research dating back to the 1960s can see that injection wells can cause earthquakes.”
Rachel Maddow: Earthquake-rattled Texas town begs state to shut down fracking wells | The Raw Story
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