So re-read the article and see:

“The proposed natural gas pipeline will run about 39 miles from the existing Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline near the Florida/Alabama border outside Century south through McDavid, Molino and Cantonment to Plant Crist on Pate Street just northwest of the University of West Florida.”

As “Some guy” was pointing out. Florida Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama into Florida.

It doesn’t come from gas production from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) around here. In fact, as has been said repeatedly, there has been NO fracking around here. Fracking is used to fracture SHALE not sandstone, limestone, or dolomite.

As to
“So what caused those Loud noises and subsequent house rattles and shakes last year or so? ”

Absent earthquakes — which would have been detected, recorded, located. and reported — loud noises usually come from sonic booms from supersonic aircraft or missiles (say weapons testing around Eglin) or meteors low in the atmosphere. Sometimes loud noises come from explosions (say munitions testing around Eglin). Sometimes they come from crashes or even trains coupling.

What they DON’T come from is things that don’t happen.

David for reality — be it ever so mundane

such a lack of confidence all around for this area.

The Consumer Confidence reports that Century sends out do not address all the parameter the DEP says they should. Do they consult and follow through as drinking water providers to the population?

At this point, many are under the impression they are rogue and no one cares.

Will Mike Hill or Doug Broxson or anyone be attending the meeting Monday night and investigating what is going to happen with the municipality of Century and their ability to provide services?

Would not the fact, if it were so, that the oil company is injecting waste water into the aquifer there be of concern?

“The big one” typically refers to the right-lateral strike-slip fault in California where the west side of the fault is headed north-ish and energy is being stored in the rock and it suddenly being released. Florida isn’t seeing such relative motion.

Typically aftershocks occur after an earthquake in part because the initial earthquake shifted the stresses around and rock elsewhere gives way to produce another earthquake, usually smaller than the first.

In this case, the 1997 quake released about 158 times as much energy as the 2.7 quake. The second recent quake released about 2.5 times as much energy as the 2.7. The second recent one released about 6.3 times as much energy as the third and 7.9 times as much as the fourth.

It looks like it’s settling down even if there’s still some shaking happening. This doesn’t mean it’s over. Different parts of the planet move in different directions but very slowly. (Some folks proposed creating small quakes along the San Andreas fault to release the energy gradually but they put it off until they are sure they won’t CAUSE the big one early.)

David for giant lubricants
properly applied

I think both options are certainly possible. Do we know which one… well pretty certain none of us internet crusade geologist have that answer. There was a link to a FSU geologist paper from several years back that basically stated that it could be either/or. Same holds true at this point. Could it be the injection wells? Absolutely Could it be a previously quiet ancient fault line? Absolutely

If it is the injection wells do you really believe the oil company would care? Absolutely not.