The Ft. Worth Weekly has an extensive, and well-researched article on Denton County gas drilling, "Canary in the Coal Mine Gas Field." See it here: http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=7133
Note that the Cherokee Horn representative stated "There’s a lot of misinformation promoted about the hazards and dangers [of drilling],” she said. “In reality, everything is regulated by the Railroad Commission and the state and towns. The concerns are a little bit overblown.”
Two comments: First regarding the TRRC regulation. There are only enough inspectors to inspect a well about once every five years. Also, generally, the inspections are "pre-announced". Not terribly reassuring.
Second comment about the concerns being "a little bit overblown." There's so many ways to refute this comment, but I'll just say that I bet you're not personally faced with have a gas well drilled 500 feet from your house.
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Not sure if this is the right place to post...but check this out...Chesapeake suing 5 FW landowners to condemn their homes to lay a pipeline.
http://www.nbc5i.com/community/17322179/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news
And so it begins.
“In reality, everything is regulated by...the state and towns." Except when it doesn't go their way, then they sue. Rock on!
New well permit filed today with the TRRC. The name is LISD at Spinks and Aberdeen. "little Johnny" will be looking out the schoolhouse window at a gas well. "the sky is falling". Rock on.
This well will affect a larger number of families. Maybe now we won't have to be accused of being "Nimby's". There are over 700 students at the Shadow Ridge and at least that at Bluebonnet. Then take into account the staff at both schools. They spend 6-8 hours a day at these locations everyday. Now they will be 1000' or maybe less, because LISD signed a lease, from the gas well. This location is worth a fight too.
Is it possible the LISD has a better grip on the safety concerns of the O&G situation than FMCAUD? Would the LISD put childrens safety at risk? Guyer High School in South Denton has two wells on school property. No , this is still NIMBY. Now that we have cut down most of the trees and violated the wildlife to build our own little kingdoms, Nobody else can? There are worse things than gas wells that could be developed.
Such as?
Yes, I am interested in knowing what could be worse too. The well will not be in my backyard either but I still think it is a bad idea. What about the pipelines. There is already a pipeline that runs near these schools. But they are Atmos and carry treated gas. The pipelines from the well will carry raw and odorless gas. If there is a leak, it will not be detectable. This is all the danger I need to know to be against this.
Yes seems to me that history has not taught some of us lessons:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=376
You fired off a shot but didn't follow-up on it very well. I'm the fourth person that is curious, exactly what is worse in your opinion?
Okay, okay. you want to know what is worse IMO. Concrete, wharehouses, shopping centers,wastewater treatment plants, lead smelters, rooftops and new neighbors, just to name a few. If you live next to a nice lovely serene little pasture and think the owner will not develop it, think again. It sickens me when people buy their home on the edge of a development, and then whine to the city council when the owner wants to develop it for whatever reason, "I like it just the way it is, I bought here for the view, I like looking at the little ponies from my patio". But I digress. Buy it, move or be quiet. I'll take a quiet gas well (when it is finished) over all of the above any day. Satisfied? Just an opinion, but then I have never been a bandwagonner.
"new neighbors" are worse than gas wells? I bet you are a joy to live next to. BTW, those "quiet gas well (when it is finished)" still have compressor stations that are there for the life of the well (20+) years, at least concrete and roof tops don't make noise (or explode).
Becky: Trying to reach you. This is Peter Gorman, reporter at the Fort Worth Weekly. My email is peterg9@yahoo.com
Would love an update on gas company lawsuit and whether you saw that kind of arrogance coming when the landmen first came calling with promises of mailbox money.
Thank you,
Peter Gorman, 817-517-6620
Compressors, properly housed are no worse than pool pumps, fountain pumps, lawn mowers, grass blowers, etc., etc. I suppose the prevailing attitude is it is okay to rape the land and the trees for concrete and rooftops. And please quote documentation on those gas wells that "explode". Maybe I missed something, but then, I , do research, not proclaim "the sky is falling".
There is no current rules that require them to be enclosed. Lawn and grass blowers aren't operating 24/7/365. From article:
http://pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/NEWS01/808240339/1001/ARCHIVE
"To a person standing 25 feet away, the equipment produces about 95 decibels, similar to a subway car or motorcycle, except continuous. The noise tends to be low frequency, which means it carries and causes vibrations up to 1,800 feet away." So does your pool pump cause vibrations 1,800 feet away? As far as the documention of exploding gas wells, look at the last 6 months of history on this site there is plenty of quoted and independent news sources of these occurances. Do you have documentation of the last pool pump explosion fatality?
Ummm...I know this isn't a gas rig...but....
http://www.ksat.com/news/16202205/detail.html
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080911_lj_shipp.68136efa.html
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