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kath

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14. We're thinking we're royally screwed - now that they have admitted the earthquakes are caused by the

Reply to Sienna86 (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 12:18 PM

Jan 2016

Oil and gas industry, insurance companies will NOT cover earthquake damage. So no point in adding earthquake coverage to your homeowner's policy. To add icing to the cake, a month or two two back I got a notice from my CAR insurance company that they also will not cover earthquake damage due to "activities of the oil and natural gas industry" or similar language.

Oh, but I'm sure it will be real easy to file a claim with the fucking frackers when your chimney falls off or your house is cleaved in two, and they will be happy to pay for the damage...

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20 earthquakes registered in Oklahoma since Wednesday night [View all] deminks Jan 2016 OP

What are residents of Oklahoma thinking of this? Sienna86 Jan 2016 #1

Not sure. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #6

Obviously someone is "under educated" OKNancy Jan 2016 #13

Yes, we are aware of "what earthquakes are". Even the under educated here are getting Tess49 Jan 2016 #15

Good to know Marty McGraw Jan 2016 #16

If my house is still standing, feel free to stop by! n/t Tess49 Jan 2016 #18

I could just imagine Marty McGraw Jan 2016 #20

Not bad!! I'll need a little stream runing through there...just to top off that view! n/t Tess49 Jan 2016 #23

If for some reason Marty McGraw Jan 2016 #29

I'm sorry to hear this. Good luck to you. trillion Jan 2016 #30

Thank you! n/t Tess49 Jan 2016 #31

To be charitable - your OP is a real stretch - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #28

If they are anything like the oil people in south Arkansas. LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #8

I received an email yesterday angryvet Jan 2016 #10

In 2008 the number who voted for Obama was 500,000 OKNancy Jan 2016 #11

Maybe God Dan Jan 2016 #32

There is a lot of outrage. Even some Republicans are calling for action OKNancy Jan 2016 #12

We're thinking we're royally screwed - now that they have admitted the earthquakes are caused by the kath Jan 2016 #14

many are outraged plcdude Jan 2016 #19

So fracking poisons potable water resources and causes swarms of earthquakes... peacebird Jan 2016 #2

And do they pay for the damages, or is that cost simply another "externality"? arcane1 Jan 2016 #27

Directly proportional to oilers losing their asses and stock market slide, now they fucking up all lonestarnot Jan 2016 #3

Sharia C. H. U. D.s no doubt underpants Jan 2016 #4

We are making our only livable planet nyabingi Jan 2016 #5

Earth farts and sepsis from fracking. nt valerief Jan 2016 #7

In other earth breaking news.... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2016 #9

Somebody tell the Oak Ridge boys mindwalker_i Jan 2016 #17

Just keep fracking for oil OK. Fill the ground with poison water and earthquakes will continue. rladdi Jan 2016 #21

That is quite the investigative report arikara Jan 2016 #22

But Sen. Inhofe says, "God's still up there." So how can lowly humans affect God's world? tclambert Jan 2016 #24

Sounds like a lot of fracking going on. ozone_man Jan 2016 #25

Must be "God's wrath" CanonRay Jan 2016 #26