Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin Declares State of Emergency Due to Earthquakes

So what is this going to mean? A request for financial Aid? FEMA involvement? Could Martial Law be invoked? Anything is possible under a State of Emergency I guess.

Ok, it's been crazy down there but a State of Emergency? In all honesty, I don't know the extent of what is really going on and didn't think it was this bad so if anyone here has the info or if you live there and can enlighten us...even better.

www.thestatecolumn.com...

Governor Mary Fallin today declared a State of Emergency for 20 Oklahoma counties due to earthquakes, tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds and flooding that began Saturday. “It’s been a tough year for Oklahoma when it comes to weather and natural disasters, but we’re doing everything we can to help,” Fallin said.

“Declaring a state of emergency will help to make sure the state can make necessary emergency purchases and lays the groundwork for any federal assistance we might need to request in the future.” Read more: www.thestatecolumn.com...

The counties included in the declaration are: Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Johnston, Kiowa, LeFlore, Lincoln, McCurtain, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Sequoyah, Tillman, and Wa#a.

Since Saturday, Oklahoma has experienced four earthquakes of 4.0 magnitude or above, including the 5.6 magnitude quake that broke the state’s previous record from 1952. Additionally, parts of the state experienced tornadoes, straight line winds and heavy rains earlier this week.

Some homes and businesses sustained damage as well as roads and bridges. Damage assessments are ongoing. Read more: www.thestatecolumn.com...

What on Earth is going on under the state of Oklahoma?

To my knowledge I have never heard of such persistent seismic activity in that region for the entire 22 years I've lived in the US.

They will jump on the Federal band wagon at any giving chance,thats all.
Sounds like they need to investigate those oil companies.
But,wait,they provide jobs and income.
The oil companies are off limit,so lets milk the Feds for as much as they can get.
But,wait!
FEMA is out of money.

reply to post by jude11


I have a good friend down there and from what she says its not really bad. Some builidng damage but nothing that is terrible. Maybe the governor sees it as a way to get some free money from the feds.

reply to post by kdog1982

Governor Mary Fallin today declared a State of Emergency for 20 Oklahoma counties due to earthquakes, tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds and flooding that began Saturday. “It’s been a tough year for Oklahoma when it comes to weather and natural disasters, but we’re doing everything we can to help,” Fallin said

What does this have to do with oil companies?

reply to post by projectvxn

Earthquakes may have something to do with "fracking",just like in Arkansas.
I do believe there are many threads and posts on this.

Originally posted by kdog1982
reply to post by projectvxn

 

Earthquakes may have something to do with "fracking",just like in Arkansas.
I do believe there are many threads and posts on this.

Please explain to the audience how fracking causes earthquakes.


I guess fracking is going to turn into the new HAARP anytime seismic activity is detected.

Originally posted by projectvxn

Originally posted by kdog1982
reply to post by projectvxn

 

Earthquakes may have something to do with "fracking",just like in Arkansas.
I do believe there are many threads and posts on this.

Please explain to the audience how fracking causes earthquakes.

Ok.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

It is odd, isn't it? All of a sudden, areas that rarely experience earthquakes are seeing an increase (like Saturday's 5.6 in Oklahoma - a total of 10 earthquakes in 24 hours!) -- and they just happen to be areas where drilling companies are using hydraulic fracturing. Gee, I wonder if there's a connection?

crooksandliars.com...

Our analysis showed that shortly after hydraulic fracturing began small earthquakes started occurring, and more than 50 were identified, of which 43 were large enough to be located. Most of these earthquakes occurred within a 24 hour period after hydraulic fracturing operations had ceased. There have been previous cases where seismologists have suggested a link between hydraulic fracturing and earthquakes, but data was limited, so drawing a definitive conclusion was not possible for these cases. The report is still under peer-review, and even then, the correlation between fracking and the quakes is inconclusive. The U.S.G.S. notes that region has historically been seismically active, though the summary states that the “strong correlation in time and space as well as a reasonable fit to a physical model suggest that there is a possibility these earthquakes were induced by hydraulic fracturing.”

Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer caused by the presence of a pressurized fluid. Hydraulic fractures may form naturally, as in the case of veins or dikes, or may be man-made in order to release petroleum, natural gas, coal seam gas, or other substances for extraction, where the technique is often called fracking[a] or hydrofracing.[1] This type of fracturing, known colloquially as a frack job (or frac job),[2][3] is done from a wellbore drilled into reservoir rock formations. The energy from the injection of a highly pressurized fluid, such as water, creates new channels in the rock which can increase the extraction rates and ultimate recovery of fossil fuels. The fracture width is typically maintained after the injection by introducing a proppant into the injected fluid. Proppant is a material, such as grains of sand, ceramic, or other particulates, that prevent the fractures from closing when the injection is stopped. The practice of hydraulic fracturing has come under scrutiny internationally due to concerns about environmental and health safety, and has been suspended or banned in some countries.[4]

en.wikipedia.org...

reply to post by kdog1982


So is this possibly a way to steer the public's suspicion of the the EQ's towards natural causes and not man-made? Calling an emergency certainly deflects the attention from Fracking.

hmmm

reply to post by projectvxn


Not exactly HAARP.
It was stopped in Arkansas due to evidence of fracking causing quakes.

Arkansas Earthquakes Decline After 'Fracking' Injection Well Closures

www.huffingtonpost.com...

reply to post by kdog1982


Your own citations state that Oklahoma is considered by the USGS to be an "historically active," earthquake zone...did you miss that?

reply to post by kdog1982


And the very same source you just posted states this?

"Oklahoma Earthquakes Stronger Than Fracking Tremors, Experts Say"

www.huffingtonpost.com...

reply to post by jeichelberg

So is Arkansas an active region.
But not as active before the fracking.
But,when you start injecting fluids into the earth,you are also lubricating those regions,causing more quakes then usual.

Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by kdog1982

 

And the very same source you just posted states this?

"Oklahoma Earthquakes Stronger Than Fracking Tremors, Experts Say"

www.huffingtonpost.com...

Ok,missed that one.
You are right.
Star for you.

reply to post by kdog1982


According to the Oklahoma Geological Survey report those earthquakes measured between 1.0-2.8:
Oklahoma Geological Survey(PDF)

After analyzing the data there were 43 earthquakes large enough to be located, which from the character of the seismic recordings indicate that they are both shallow and unique. The earthquakes range in magnitude from 1.0 to 2.8 Md and the majority of earthquakes occurred within about 24 hours of the first earthquake

The EQs were located roughly 3.5km of the well site and were both shallow and very unique in the manner in which they occurred. The OGS report also states that while the correlation is peculiar enough to to infer that these fracking activities were a factor in this seismic activity, that not enough data was present to make a definitive conclusion.

That said, let's take a look at the OK EQ swarm:
earthquake.usgs.gov...
The most recent was a 4.7 at a depth of 5 kilometers. The deepest fracking wells only go a few hundred meters and do not have the capability of causing an earthquake comparable in magnitude to a 17 kiloton underground atomic explosion.

reply to post by kdog1982


Given that Arkansas is an active region...The point is this...the fracking is a process, but so is tectonic shift and other issues that cannot be excluded from the possibilities of causation...there is no question the process of fracking causes seismometer detectors to trigger...but as far this process is concerned the geologists at work are on top of it...

...‘With hindsight, with our knowledge now that a fault in the Bowland shale can react like this, it might have been possible that the Preese Hall-1 [well site] would not have been picked because of seismic risk concerns.’

Read more: www.theengineer.co.uk...

reply to post by kdog1982


And a star for you as well...The debate about the process of fracking will continue...because we are still in a learning curve...and the physical world changes every day...We are living on a "living" planet...it is growing older and we are growing older...But we have been fracking in the US since the 1940's...

reply to post by jude11


they can begin by bANNING FRACKING!!!!!

Originally posted by SuperTripps
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they can begin by bANNING FRACKING!!!!!

Sure let's ban it even though these particular EQs have nothing to do with fracking.

reply to post by jude11


Any governor that does not ask for emergency aid in this day in age would be summarily discharged by the voters come the next election...is this governor up for re-election?