New Brunswick town plagued for weeks by ‘earthquake swarm’

New Brunswick town plagued for weeks by ‘earthquake swarm’ — and no one knows why
National Post ^ | 04/17/12 | staff

Posted on 04/18/2012 4:36:14 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

Springtime in McAdam, a tiny village in southwestern New Brunswick not far from the Maine border, is like springtime in most other parts of Canada. Locals chatter about the NHL playoffs, the garden they are planting, the grass that needs to be cut, the fish they can’t wait to catch and the cottage they can’t wait to get to, once the warm weather really settles in.

Lately, however, an interloper has elbowed its way into the community’s daily dialogue. Pushing aside the playoffs. Pushing its way to the very top of the talking points.

“Everybody is talking about the earthquakes,” says David Blair, a retired science teacher and lifetime McAdam resident from his home on Old Harvey Road, just east of downtown.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; fracking

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Another Wisconsin?

1 posted on 04/18/2012 4:36:22 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

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To: Errant

Interesting reports to go along with that moderate quake last week in the Gulf of Maine.

2 posted on 04/18/2012 4:37:27 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)

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” and no one knows why “

Fracking in Oklahoma...

3 posted on 04/18/2012 4:40:44 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)

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To: winoneforthegipper

All that Maine fracking going on...

4 posted on 04/18/2012 4:42:38 AM PDT by Rebelbase

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Canadian shield rebound?

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5 posted on 04/18/2012 4:48:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

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To: winoneforthegipper

The Chinese are nearing completion of their tunnel through the earth.

6 posted on 04/18/2012 4:49:16 AM PDT by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning.)

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To: cripplecreek

Certainly could be rebound but I am leaning not.

7 posted on 04/18/2012 4:54:17 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)

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"No one knows why."

You live on a seismically active planet. Shakes happen. Even in quiet little 'burgs like mine. A swarm of small quakes sure beats one big one. Keep calm. Carry on.

8 posted on 04/18/2012 4:55:11 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)

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To: Uncle Ike

Fracking in Oklahoma...

It's worse than that...fracking ordered by the Bush/Cheney regime.

9 posted on 04/18/2012 4:56:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)

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To: winoneforthegipper

I am Gojira !

10 posted on 04/18/2012 4:57:24 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)

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To: winoneforthegipper

Causes:
1. Fracking
2. Global warming
3. Racism

11 posted on 04/18/2012 4:57:59 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)

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To: winoneforthegipper

A lot of the eastern tremors do seem to be shadowing the Canadian shield.

12 posted on 04/18/2012 4:58:43 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

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To: SampleMan

4. BUSH

13 posted on 04/18/2012 5:00:56 AM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)

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5... Unrestrained Capitalism
6... Tax Cuts.

14 posted on 04/18/2012 5:04:50 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)

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To: winoneforthegipper

Anthropogenic Global Swarming.

15 posted on 04/18/2012 5:05:25 AM PDT by Humble Servant

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