I should have read your mind and realized you wanted to know WHY, instead of the short answer I gave you.
>I should have read your mind and realized you wanted to >know WHY, instead of the short answer I gave you.
**Proverbs: for some, silence is wisdom.
Actually, you gave me a wrong headed answer, the answer is yes.Yes: Earthquakes can fracture casings!
However that was not my question.
Repeat: It was not my question.I assume earthquakes can crack casings just as well as they can shear solid rock and crack steel beams. AND sice I live in earthquake country my question was about ground water contamination after a severe earthquake.
Which someone answered to my satisfaction:
oil pressures typically dont exceed column pressures.
Which leaves me to wonder what kind of goofball with no background educ. or specific knowledge would offer up to say ‘NO’ to a severe earthquake cracking pipe casings??
So I labeled it as ‘ignorant’ primarily for the benefit of others. I dont’ want you or anyone passing bad info. without being stopped or corrected.
Proverbs...